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Curiosity will conquer fear even more than bravery will.
James Stephens
Let the past be content with itself, for man needs forgetfulness as well as memory.
James Stephens
The duty of a lyrical poet is not to express or explain, it is to intensify life.
James Stephens
A woman is a branchy tree and man a singing wind; and from her branches carelessly he takes what he can find.
James Stephens
We get wise by asking questions, and even if these are not answered, we get wise, for a well-packed question carries its answer on its back as a snail carries its shell.
James Stephens
Because our lives are cowardly and sly, Because we do not dare to take or give, Because we scowl and pass each other by, We do not live; we do not dare to live.
James Stephens
I would think Until I found Something I can never find; – Something Lying On the ground, In the bottom Of my mind.
James Stephens
If I asked her master he'd give me a cask a day; But she, with the beer at hand, not a gill would arrange! May she marry a ghost and bear him a kitten, and may The High King of Glory permit her to get the mange.
James Stephens
Originality does not consist in saying what no one has ever said before, but in saying exactly what you think yourself.
James Stephens
Men come of age at sixty, women at fifteen.
James Stephens
Women and birds are able to see without turning their heads, and that is indeed a necessary provision for they are both surrounded by enemies.
James Stephens
You must be fit to give before you can be fit to receive.
James Stephens
A sword, a spade, and a thought should never be allowed to rust.
James Stephens
Quietness is the beginning of virtue. To be silent is to be beautiful. Stars do not make a noise.
James Stephens
Speech and prose are not the same thing. They have different wave-lengths, for speech moves at the speed of light, where prose moves at the speed of the alphabet, and must be consecutive and grammatical and word-perfect. Prose cannot gesticulate. Speech can sometimes do nothing else.
James Stephens
