23 Quotes by Jane Bowles

I fear nomads. I am afraid of them and afraid for them too.

Sisterly love is one of the few boons in this life.

A guardian angel comes when you are very young, and gives you special dispensation. From what? From the world. Yours might be luck. Mine is money.

The farther a man follows the rainbow, the harder it is for him to get back to the life which he left starving like an old dog.

Houses! I hate houses. I like public places. Houses break your heart.

I wanted to be a religious leader when I was young and now I just reside in my house and try not to be too unhappy. I have a friend living with me, which makes it easier.

Well,” said Miss Goering, “perhaps my maneuvers do seem a little strange, but I have thought for a long time now that often, so very often, heroes who believe themselves to be monsters because they are so far removed from other men turn around much later and see really monstrous acts being committed in the name of something mediocre.

I didn’t tell her because I wanted the buildings to stay in place for her and i wanted the stars to be over her head and not cockeyed – I wanted her to be able to walk in the park and feed the birdies in years to come with some other fine human being hanging onto her arm. I didn’t want her to have to lock something up inside of her and look out at the world through a nailed window.

It may be true that the government that governs best governs least Unfortunately, the same is also true of the government that governs worst.