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> [I would think Until I found Something I can never find; - Something Lying On the ground, In the bottom Of my mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-stephens/i-would-think-until-i-found-something-i-can-never-find-something/)

[James Stephens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-stephens/)

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## More by James Stephens

> [“Even the wind had ceased, and there seemed to be nothing in the world but the darkness and himself. In that gigantic blackness, in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-stephens/even-the-wind-had-ceased-and-there-seemed-to-be-nothing-in-the-world/)

[James Stephens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-stephens/)

> [A Leprecaun without a pot of gold is like a rose without perfume, a bird without a wing, or an inside without an outside.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-stephens/a-leprecaun-without-a-pot-of-gold-is-like-a-rose-without-perfume-a/)

[James Stephens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-stephens/)

> [Originality does not consist in saying what no one has ever said before, but in saying exactly what you think yourself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-stephens/originality-does-not-consist-in-saying-what-no-one-has-ever-said/)

[James Stephens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-stephens/)

> [The duty of a lyrical poet is not to express or explain, it is to intensify life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-stephens/the-duty-of-a-lyrical-poet-is-not-to-express-or-explain-it-is-to/)

[James Stephens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-stephens/)

> [A man and a woman may become quite intimate in a quarter of an hour. Almost certainly will they endeavour to explain themselves to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-stephens/a-man-and-a-woman-may-become-quite-intimate-in-a-quarter-of-an-hour/)

[James Stephens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-stephens/)

> [“The toxin generates the anti-toxin. The end lies concealed in the beginning. All bodies grow around a skeleton. Life is a petticoat about death.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-stephens/the-toxin-generates-the-anti-toxin-the-end-lies-concealed-in-the/)

[James Stephens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-stephens/)

> [A sword, a spade, and a thought should never be allowed to rust.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-stephens/a-sword-a-spade-and-a-thought-should-never-be-allowed-to-rust/)

[James Stephens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-stephens/)

> [“But outside of the North of Ireland there is no religious question, and in the North it is fundamentally more political than religious.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-stephens/but-outside-of-the-north-of-ireland-there-is-no-religious-question/)

[James Stephens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-stephens/)

> [I hear a sudden cry of pain! There is a rabbit in a snare.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-stephens/i-hear-a-sudden-cry-of-pain-there-is-a-rabbit-in-a-snare/)

[James Stephens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-stephens/)

> [Tell me your past, my beloved, for a man is his past, and is to be known by it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-stephens/tell-me-your-past-my-beloved-for-a-man-is-his-past-and-is-to-be-known/)

[James Stephens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-stephens/)

> [Finality is death. Perfection is finality. Nothing is perfect. There are lumps in it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-stephens/finality-is-death-perfection-is-finality-nothing-is-perfect-there-are/)

[James Stephens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-stephens/)

> [Life runs to death as its goal, and we should go towards that next stage of experience either carelessly as to what must be,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-stephens/life-runs-to-death-as-its-goal-and-we-should-go-towards-that-next/)

[James Stephens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-stephens/)

> [Women and birds are able to see without turning their heads, and that is indeed a necessary provision for they are both surrounded by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-stephens/women-and-birds-are-able-to-see-without-turning-their-heads-and-that/)

[James Stephens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-stephens/)

> [Men come of age at sixty, women at fifteen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-stephens/men-come-of-age-at-sixty-women-at-fifteen/)

[James Stephens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-stephens/)

> [“Curiosity will conquer fear more than bravery will.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-stephens/curiosity-will-conquer-fear-more-than-bravery-will/)

[James Stephens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-stephens/)

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