Oh, no no no, it was too cold always (Still the dead one lay moaning) I was much too far out all… — Stevie Smith Copy Share Image
“There is a god in whom I do not believe Yet to this god my love stretches, This god whom I do… — Stevie Smith Copy Share Image
“Prate not to me of suicide, Faint heart in battle, not for pride I say Endure, but that such end denied Makes… — Stevie Smith Copy Share Image
Nobody heard him, the dead man, But still he lay moaning. I was much further out than you thought, and not waving… — Stevie Smith Copy Share Image
“Ceux qui luttent ce sont ceux qui vivent.. And down here they luttent a very great deal indeed.. But if life be… — Stevie Smith Copy Share Image
My friendships, they are a very strong part of my life, they are as light as gossamer but also they are as… — Stevie Smith Copy Share Image
Life in the [London] suburb is richer at the lower levels. At these levels the people are not self-conscious at all, they… — Stevie Smith Copy Share Image
“Some are born for peace and joy Some are born for sorrow But only for a day as we Shall not be… — Stevie Smith Copy Share Image
“But oh how sure I am that it is so much better to have love with all its pains and terrors and… — Stevie Smith Copy Share Image
I'll have your heart, if not by gift my knife Shall carve it out. I'll have your heart, your life. — Stevie Smith Copy Share Image
“The grass is green The tulip is red A ginger cat walks over The pink almond petals on the flower bed. Enough… — Stevie Smith Copy Share Image
I only asked my friends to be friendly and polite, I found them indifferent and censorious; The one I left to silence, the other… — Stevie Smith Copy Share Image
Oh, no no no, it was too cold always (Still the dead one lay moaning) I was much too far out all my life… — Stevie Smith Copy Share Image
“Wild creatures' eyes, the colonel said, Are innocent and fathomless And when I look at them I see That they are not aware of… — Stevie Smith Copy Share Image
“Raise from your bed of languor Raise from your bed of dismay Your friends will not come tomorrow As they did not come today… — Stevie Smith Copy Share Image
“There is a god in whom I do not believe Yet to this god my love stretches, This god whom I do not believe… — Stevie Smith Copy Share Image
So I fancy my Muse says, when I wish to die, Oh no, Oh no, we are not yet friends enough, And Virtue also… — Stevie Smith Copy Share Image
If a lady comes up to you and tells you that your dear mama is lying in a faint on the pavement round the… — Stevie Smith Copy Share Image
I like food, I like stripping vegetables of their skins, I like to have a slim young parsnip under my knife. — Stevie Smith Copy Share Image
Death's not a separation or alteration or parting; it's just a one-handled door. — Stevie Smith Copy Share Image
The flower and fruit of love are mine The ant, the fieldmouse and the mole — Stevie Smith Copy Share Image
“Prate not to me of suicide, Faint heart in battle, not for pride I say Endure, but that such end denied Makes welcomer yet… — Stevie Smith Copy Share Image
It is an amiable part of human nature, that we should love our animals; it is even better to love them to the point… — Stevie Smith Copy Share Image