Ivy Compton-Burnett Quote

Being cruel to be kind is just ordinary cruelty with an excuse made for it…And it is right that it should be more resented, as it is.


Daughters and Sons (1937)


Being cruel to be kind is just ordinary cruelty with an excuse made for it…And it is right that it should be more resented, as it is.

Being cruel to be kind is just ordinary cruelty with an excuse made for it…And it is right that it should be more resented, as it is.

Being cruel to be kind is just ordinary cruelty with an excuse made for it…And it is right that it should be more resented, as it is.

Being cruel to be kind is just ordinary cruelty with an excuse made for it…And it is right that it should be more resented, as it is.