97 Quotes by Stevie Smith

Cry pretty, pretty, pretty and you'll be able Very soon not even to cry pretty And so be delivered entirely from humanity This is prettiest of all, it is very pretty.

You must have some money if you are going to live simply. It need not be much, but you must have some.

Truth is far and flat, and fancy is fiery; and truth is cold, and people feel the cold, and they may wrap themselves against it in fancies that are fiery, but they should not call them facts; and, generally, poets do not; they are shrewd, they feel the cold, too, but they know a hawk from a handsaw, a fact from a fancy, as none knows better.

My friendships, they are a very strong part of my life, they are as light as gossamer but also they are as strong as steel. And I cannot throw them off, nor altogether do with them or without them. And I love them at the point where they say: It is nice to see you again. And I love them too at the point when they say: Good-bye, come again soon. The rhythm of friendship is a very good rhythm.

Death's not a separation or alteration or parting; it's just a one-handled door.

If there wasn't death, I think you couldn't go on.

If I lie down on my bed I must be here, But if I lie down in my grave I may be elsewhere.

Why does my muse only speak when she is uhnhappy? She does not, I only listen when I am unhappy.

My heart was full of softening showers, I used to swing like this for hours, I did not care for war or death, I was glad to draw my breath.