I have taken this step because I want the discipline, the fire and the authority of the Church. I am hopelessly unworthy of it, but I hope to become worthy.

Quote by Edith Sitwell

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The public will believe anything, so long as it is not founded on truth.

The public will believe anything, so long as it is not founded on truth.

Poetry is the deification of reality.

Poetry is the deification of reality.

A great many people now reading and writing would be better employed keeping rabbits.

A great many people now reading and writing would be better employed keeping rabbits.

Still falls the rain - dark as the world of man, black as our loss...

Still falls the rain - dark as the world of man, black as our loss...

Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of...

Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of...

My personal hobbies are reading, listening to music, and silence.

My personal hobbies are reading, listening to music, and silence.

Hot water is my native element. I was in it as a baby, and I...

Hot water is my native element. I was in it as a baby, and I...

I have often wished I had time to cultivate modesty... but I am too busy...

I have often wished I had time to cultivate modesty... but I am too busy...

The poet speaks to all men of that other life of theirs that they have...

The poet speaks to all men of that other life of theirs that they have...

The aim of flattery is to soothe and encourage us by assuring us of the...

The aim of flattery is to soothe and encourage us by assuring us of the...

I am one of those unhappy persons who inspire bores to the greatest flights of...

I am one of those unhappy persons who inspire bores to the greatest flights of...

The trouble with most Englishwomen is that they will dress as if they had been...

The trouble with most Englishwomen is that they will dress as if they had been...

Good taste is the worst vice ever invented.

Good taste is the worst vice ever invented.

I am an unpopular electric eel in a pool of catfish.

I am an unpopular electric eel in a pool of catfish.