Phyllis Bottome Quote

Human beings don't show, any more than cities at dusk, their real necessities! And yet if you looked — past the circle of outside lights, through the street walls still standing — into the want and emptiness within!


Old Wine (1925)


Human beings don't show, any more than cities at dusk, their real necessities! And yet if you looked — past the circle of outside lights, through...

Human beings don't show, any more than cities at dusk, their real necessities! And yet if you looked — past the circle of outside lights, through...

Human beings don't show, any more than cities at dusk, their real necessities! And yet if you looked — past the circle of outside lights, through...

Human beings don't show, any more than cities at dusk, their real necessities! And yet if you looked — past the circle of outside lights, through...