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“A great artist ... takes what he did not make and makes of it something that only he can make.”

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Stevie Smith, born on September 20, 1902, and died on March 7, 1971, was a renowned British poet. Her poetry is characterized by its unique style, concise language, and often humorous and satirical elements. Smith's works have been widely appreciated by readers and are considered classics of 20th-century British literature. more

“I love Death because he breaks the human pattern and frees us from pleasures too prolonged as well as from the pains of this world. It is pleasant, too, to remember that Death lies in our hands; he must come if we call him. ... I think if there were no death, life would be more than flesh and blood could bear.”

Ifs Thinking World Humans Wells Hands Would Be Pain Remember Lying Pleasure Break Blood This World Bears Patterns Flesh Pleasant Life Death Flesh And Blood Love Death

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“This is the simplest of all thoughts, that Death must come when we call, although he is a god.”

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“Truth is far and flat, and fancy is fiery; and truth is cold, and people feel the cold, and they may wrap themselves against it in fancies that are fiery, but they should not call them facts; and, generally, poets do not; they are shrewd, they feel the cold, too, but they know a hawk from a handsaw, a fact from a fancy, as none knows better.”

People Knows Feels Should May Facts Poet Cold Truth Is Fancy Flats Wraps Fiery Hawks

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