Stevie Smith Quotes about Lying

All Stevie Smith Quotes Heart Lying quotes Muse

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

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

Lying, Bed, May

Stevie Smith (1988). “New Selected Poems of Stevie Smith”, p.32, New Directions Publishing

I love Death because he breaks the human pattern and frees us from pleasures too prolonged as well as from the pains of this world. It is pleasant, too, to remember that Death lies in our hands; he must come if we call him. ... I think if there were no death, life would be more than flesh and blood could bear.

Stevie Smith

Pain, Lying, Thinking

If a lady comes up to you and tells you that your dear mama is lying in a faint on the pavement round the corner, don't you believe her, don't have anything to do with her, do not go with her into the cab. It is the White Slave Traffic.

Stevie Smith

Lying, Believe, White

Stevie Smith Quotes about Lying

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