23 Quotes by Jane Bowles

I am less morose. I am just showing the results of the terrific fight that I have waged inside of myself, and you know that the face of victory often resembles the face of defeat.

You see, I have a different nature than he has. What makes me happy I seem to catch out of the sky with both hands; I only hold whatever it is that I love because that is all I can really see.

Once upon a time I had a dog and a future, and a girl,” he said, “but that is no longer so.

One must allow that a certain amount of carelessness in one’s nature often accomplishes what the will is incapable of doing.

The world and all the people in it had suddenly slipped beyond her comprehension and she felt in great danger of losing the whole world once and for all – a feeling that is difficult to explain.