Sitwell

Famous quotes containing the word sitwell:

“I have often wished I had time to cultivate modesty.... But I am too busy thinking about myself.”
—Dame Edith Sitwell (1887–1964)

“Vulgarity is, in reality, nothing but a modern, chic, pert descendant of the goddess Dullness.”
—Dame Edith Sitwell (1887–1964)

“The last faint spark
In the self-murdered heart, the wounds of the sad uncomprehending
dark,
The wounds of the baited bear,—
The blind and weeping bear whom the keepers beat
On his helpless flesh . . . the tears of the hunted hare.”
—Dame Edith Sitwell (1887–1964)