Poetry Quote by Stevie Smith — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“Away with them, away; we should not believe fairy stories if we wish to be good. Think of them as persons from the fairy wood.”

“These thoughts are depressing I know. They are depressing,”

“There is a god in whom I do not believe”

“But one wants the idea of Death, you know, as something large and unknowable, something that allows a person to stretch himself out. Especially one wants it if one is tired. Or perhaps what one wants is simply a release from sensation, from all consciousness for ever....”

“My Muse sits forlorn”

“If I lie down on my bed I must be here,”

“Henceforth an individual solace dear;”

“Silly girl, your different was your beautiful all along.”

“Here is a story that’s stranger than strange.”

“Poetry, she thought, wasn't written to be analyzed; it was meant to inspire without reason, to touch without understanding.”

“The world is a beautiful place”

“Self love is an ocean”