Phyllis Bottome Quote

She had developed a passionate longing for making other people comfortable at her own expense. The secret satisfactions of her heart had been when she succeeded in getting other people into armchairs, without their knowing she was doing it, and with nothing left for herself but something small and spiky in a corner.


Innocence and Experience (1934)


She had developed a passionate longing for making other people comfortable at her own expense. The secret satisfactions of her heart had been when...

She had developed a passionate longing for making other people comfortable at her own expense. The secret satisfactions of her heart had been when...

She had developed a passionate longing for making other people comfortable at her own expense. The secret satisfactions of her heart had been when...

She had developed a passionate longing for making other people comfortable at her own expense. The secret satisfactions of her heart had been when...