“ 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. An… Stevie Smith
“ 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. Stevie Smith
“ Love is not love that wounded bleeds And bleeding sullies slow. Come death within my hands and I Unto my love will go. Stevie Smith
“ If I lie down on my bed I must be here,But if I lie down in my grave I may be elsewhere. Stevie Smith
“ It is the privilege of the richTo waste the time of the poorTo water with tears in secretA tree that grows in secretThat bears fruit in secretThat ripened falls to the ground in secretAnd manures the… Stevie Smith
“ God the EaterThere is a god in whom I do not believeYet to this god my love stretches,This god whom I do not believe in isMy whole life, my life and I am his.Everything that I have of pleasure and pai… Stevie Smith
“ These thoughts are depressing I know. They are depressing, I wish I was more cheerful, it is more pleasant,Also it is a duty, we should smile as well as submitting To the purpose of One Above who is e… Stevie Smith
