Famous quotes containing the words cecil day lewis, cecil day, day and/or lewis:
“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)
“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)
“I believe the alphabet is no longer considered an essential piece of equipment for traveling through life. In my day it was the keystone to knowledge. You learned the alphabet as you learned to count to ten, as you learned Now I lay me and the Lords Prayer and your fathers and mothers name and address and telephone number, all in case you were lost.”
—Eudora Welty (b. 1909)
“Its fear of being afraid that frightens me more than anything else.”
—Jerome Cady, U.S. screenwriter, and Lewis Milestone. Sergeant Clinton (Farley Granger)