Isn't that what love means, to fill ordinary, commonplace, conventional things with magic and significance, not to need the moon and white scent-heavy flowers at night? Elizabeth Bibesco commonplaceconventionalfill Change image and share on social
Friendship is a difficult, dangerous job. It is also (though we rarely admit it) extremely exhausting. Elizabeth Bibesco admitdangerousdifficult Change image and share on social
The only thing that matters is to have charm and expression. Then comes that horrible gnawing doubt of our own magnetism. Is it possible that, though we are not lovely, we are not irresistible either? That we will have to go through life belonging neither to the triumphantly beautiful nor to the triumphantly ugly? Elizabeth Bibesco beautifulbelongcharm share on social
We often call a certainty a hope, to bring it luck. Elizabeth Bibesco bringcallcertainty Change image and share on social
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. Elizabeth Bibesco accidentachievementatmosphere share on social
What is it one yearns for? It is to be able to do a thing for the first time again. And that is impossible. Elizabeth Bibesco impossiblethingtime Change image and share on social
Can one end anything? A chapter, a paragraph, a sentence even? Doesn't everything one has ever done go on living in spite of subsequent events? Elizabeth Bibesco chapterendevent Change image and share on social
To others we are not ourselves but performers in their lives cast for a part we do not even know we are playing. Elizabeth Bibesco castlivepart Change image and share on social
What an uncertain thing, marriage - what an elusive thing, happiness! Elizabeth Bibesco elusivehappinessmarriage Change image and share on social
Passion is no respecter of persons. She hardly seems to select her victims. Elizabeth Bibesco passionpersonrespecter Change image and share on social