"Oh, no no no, it was too cold always (Still the dead one lay moaning) I was much too far out all my life And not waving but drowning."

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Source : 'Not Waving but Drowning' (1957)

Stevie Smith

#Cold Quotes #Drowning Quotes #Moaning Quotes

“We are all self-made, but only the successful will admit it.”
“It has often been observed that the repercussion of poetic language on prose language can be considered a decisive cut of a whip.”
“My best advice for you, honey, is to stop if you possibly can! And if you just can’t, then get ready to work like hell. Hang onto your day job. And remember, you may not make a living, but you’ll make a wonderful life.”
“The radio is blastin', someone's knockin' at the door. I'm lookin' at my girlfriend, she's passed out on the floor.”
“We accumulate our opinions at an age when our understanding is at its weakest.”

Source : "Aphorisms". Book by Georg Christoph Lichtenberg. Notebook H 4, 1799.
“I would never do anything to hurt anybody, especially if they're helping me. I'm not that kind of person.”
“I am visible to Google. I link therefore I am.”
“I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move.”

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