Cecil Day Lewis

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    Move then with new desires,
    For where we used to build and love
    Is no man’s land, and only ghosts can live
    Between two fires.
    Cecil Day Lewis (1904–1972)

    You don’t merely give over your creativity to making a film—you give over your life! In theatre, by contrast, you live these two rather strange lives simultaneously; you have no option but to confront the mould on last night’s washing-up.
    —Daniel Day Lewis (b. 1957)

    We’d like to fight but we fear defeat,
    We’d like to work but we’re feeling too weak,
    We’d like to be sick but we’d get the sack,
    We’d like to behave, we’d like to believe,
    We’d like to love, but we’ve lost the knack.
    Cecil Day Lewis (1904–1972)

    I am going to rain bread from heaven for you, and each day the people shall go out and gather enough for that day.
    Bible: Hebrew, Exodus 16:4.

    Intellectually I know that America is no better than any other country; emotionally I know she is better than every other country.
    —Sinclair Lewis (1885–1951)