Famous quotes containing the words cecil day lewis, cecil day, day and/or lewis:
“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)
“It is the logic of our times,
No subject for immortal verse
That we who lived by honest dreams
Defend the bad against the worse.”
—Cecil Day Lewis (19041972)
“... the whole day to live through,
steadfast, deep, interior.
After the death,
after the black of black,
this lightness
not to die, not die....”
—Anne Sexton (19281974)
“Your sins have found you out, and now you must pay the price of all women like you. You have brought a child into this world against the commandment. Prayer is wasted on your sort. You should be cast out into the utter darkness til you have learned your lesson. Michael Lewis do you admit your sin?... Then prepare to suffer your punishment.”
—Philip Dunne (19081992)