Dame Edith Sitwell

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    Mother or Murderer, you have
    given or taken life—
    Now all is one!
    Dame Edith Sitwell (1887–1964)

    Eccentricity is not, as dull people would have us believe, a form of madness. It is often a kind of innocent pride, and the man of genius and the aristocrat are frequently regarded as eccentrics because genius and aristocrat are entirely unafraid of and uninfluenced by the opinions and vagaries of the crowd.
    —Dame Edith Sitwell (1887–1964)

    When
    Sir
    Beelzebub called for his syllabub in the hotel in Hell
    Where Proserpine first fell,
    Dame Edith Sitwell (1887–1964)

    I have a lot of respect for that dame [Delilah]. There’s one lady barber that made good.
    Alexander Hall. Cleo Borden (Mae West)

    Still falls the Rain—
    Dark as the world of man, black as our loss—
    Blind as the nineteen hundred and forty nails
    Upon the Cross.
    —Dame Edith Sitwell (1887–1964)

    When
    Sir
    Beelzebub called for his syllabub in the hotel in Hell
    Where Proserpine first fell,
    —Dame Edith Sitwell (1887–1964)