Quotes by Elizabeth Bibesco

“To others we are not ourselves but performers in their lives cast for a part we do not even know we are playing”

“Blessed are those who can give without remembering and take without forgetting.”

“It is never good dwelling on good-byes, she said, it is not the being together that it prolongs, it is the parting”

“Seeing through is rarely seeing into”

“It is sometimes the man who opens the door who is the last to enter the room.”

“We often call a certainty a hope, to bring it luck”

“Irony is the hygiene of the mind.”

“A good-bye is never painful unless youre never going to say hello again”

“So many faces in and out of my life; some will last, some will be just now and then. Life is a series of hellos and good byes, Im afraid its time for goodbye again.”

“I think about all the different ways we leave people in this world. Cheerily waving good-bye to some at airports, knowing we will never see each other again. Leaving others on the side of the road hoping we will.”

Blessed are those who can give without remembering and take without forgetting

You dont have to signal a social conscience by looking like a frump. Lace knickers wont hasten the holocaust, you can ban the bomb in a feather boa just as well as without, and a mild interest in the length of hemlines doesnt necessarily disqualify you from reading Das Kapital and agreeing with every word.

The Ten Commandments dont tell you what you ought to do: They only put ideas into your head.

We often call a certainty a hope, to bring it luck.

Happiness is a light, an atmosphere, an illumination. It sets a personality. I always feel that it is a creation that is difficult for some and easy for others, but essentially an achievement, never an accident.

There is something very independent about French balloons - you feel you couldnt make a pet of one.

Friendship is a difficult, dangerous job. It is also (though we rarely admit it) extremely exhausting.

Blessed are those who give without remembering and take without forgetting.