Quotes by : Ivy Compton-Burnett

It is no good to think that other people are out to serve our interests.

There is probably nothing like living together for blinding people to each other.

There is nothing like living together for blinding people to each other.

Real life seems to have no plots.

There is more difference within the sexes than between them.

As regards plots I find real life no help at all. Real life seems to have no plots. And as I think a....

Real charity and a real ability never to condemn-the one real virtue-is so often the result of a waking....

We can build upon foundations anywhere if they are well and truly laid.

There is more difference within the sexes than between them.