Quotes by Ivy Compton-Burnett

About Ivy Compton-Burnett:

Dame Ivy Compton-Burnett was an English novelist, published (in the original hardback editions) as I. Compton-Burnett. She was awarded the 1955 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for her novel Mother and Son.
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A leopard does not change his spots, or change his feeling that spots are rather a credit.

Ivy Compton-Burnett

Time is not a great healer. It is an indifferent and perfunctory one. Sometimes it does not heal at all. And sometimes when it seems to, no healing has been necessary.

Ivy Compton-Burnett

At a certain point my novels set. They set just as hard as that jam jar. And then I know they are finished.

Ivy Compton-Burnett

There isn't much to say. I haven't been at all deedy.

Ivy Compton-Burnett

There is more difference within the sexes than between them.

Ivy Compton-Burnett

My youth is escaping without giving me anything it owes me.

Ivy Compton-Burnett

Well, of course, people are only human... But it really does not seem much for them to be.

Ivy Compton-Burnett

There is probably nothing like living together for blinding people to each other.

Ivy Compton-Burnett

People who have power respond simply. They have no minds but their own.

Ivy Compton-Burnett

Author Bio

  • NameIvy Compton-Burnett
  • DescriptionEnglish writer
  • BornJune 5, 1884
  • DiedAugust 27, 1969
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionWoman Of Letters
  • AwardsDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire; James Tait Black Memorial Prize