Quotes by James Stephens

Women and birds are able to see without turning their heads, and that is indeed...

#Women

Finality is death. Perfection is finality. Nothing is perfect. There are lumps in it.

#Death

Women and birds are able to see without turning their heads, and that is indeed...

#Enemies

Curiosity will conquer fear even more than bravery will.

#Fear

Men come of age at sixty, women at fifteen.

#James Stephens

A woman is a branchy tree and man a singing wind; and from her branches...

#James Stephens

A sword, a spade, and a thought should never be allowed to rust.

#James Stephens

You must be fit to give before you can be fit to receive.

#James Stephens

What the heart knows today the head will understand tomorrow.

#James Stephens

Sleep is an excellent way of listening to an opera.

#James Stephens

Originality does not consist in saying what no one has ever said before, but in...

#James Stephens

Curiosity will conquer fear even more than bravery will.

#Bravery, #Fear