Famous quotes containing the words cecil day lewis, day lewis, cecil day, day and/or lewis:
“Move then with new desires,
For where we used to build and love
Is no mans land, and only ghosts can live
Between two fires.”
—Cecil Day Lewis (19041972)
“Come, live with me and be my love,
And we will all the pleasures prove
Of peace and plenty, bed and board,
That chance employment may afford.”
—Cecil Day Lewis (19041972)
“Wed like to fight but we fear defeat,
Wed like to work but were feeling too weak,
Wed like to be sick but wed get the sack,
Wed like to behave, wed like to believe,
Wed like to love, but weve lost the knack.”
—Cecil Day Lewis (19041972)
“... every day is any day.”
—Gertrude Stein (18741946)
“Your kisses close my eyes and yet you stare
As though God struck a child with nameless fears;”
—Alun Lewis (19151944)