“ As regards plots I find real life no help at all. Real life seems to have no plots. And as I think a plot desirable and almost necessary, I have this extra grudge against real life. But I think there… Ivy Compton-Burnett
“ There is probably nothing like living together for blinding people to each other. Ivy Compton-Burnett
“ A leopard does not change his spots, or change his feeling that spots are rather a credit. Ivy Compton-Burnett
“ Real charity and a real ability never to condemn-the one real virtue-is so often the result of a waking experience that gives a glimpse of what lies beneath things. Ivy Compton-Burnett
