"Time has too much credit," said Bridget. "I never agree with the compliments paid to it. It is not a great healer. It is an indifferent and perfunctory one. Sometimes it does not heal at all. And sometimes when it seems to, no healing has been necessary."
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Darkness and Day (London: Victor Gollancz, [1951] 1974) p. 216.
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Ivy Compton-Burnett
Dame Ivy Compton-Burnett DBE (5 June 1884 β 27 August 1969) was an award-winning English novelist.
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