"the great sins and fires break out of me like the terrible leaves from the bough in the violent spring. I am a walking fire, I am all leaves ..."

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Source : Dame Edith Sitwell (1952). “Selected Poems”

Edith Sitwell

#Spring Quotes #Passion Quotes #Fire Quotes

“My work schedule has changed over the years. The one constant is, when at work on a novel, I try to work seven days a week, so as not to lose touch with that world. Within that, I'm flexible on hours and output.”
“Money? I lost all taste for it.”
“Professor Brown: 'Since this slide was made,' he opined, 'My students have re-examined the errant points and I am happy to report that all fall close to the [straight] line.' Questioner: 'Professor Brown, I am delighted that the points which fell off the line proved, on reinvestigation, to be in compliance. I wonder, however, if you have had your students reinvestigate all these points that previously fell on the line to find out how many no longer do so?'”
“I asked for bread, and I got a stone in the shape of a pedestal.”
“Of all the wastes of human ignorance perhaps the most extravagant and costly to human growth has been the waste of the distinctive powers of womanhood after the child-bearing age.”

Source : Anna Garlin Spencer (1908). “Woman's Share in Social Culture”
“Donald Trump's message is that we in the USA, if we're going to have a country, it would be nice too know who is here and why they're here.”
“My heart was broken when I realized my daughter had a problem. I pray every day for her.”
“Things happen to you they happen. They dont ask first. They dont require your permission.”

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