Quote by: Edith Sitwell

Answers I kept my answers small and kept them near; Big questions bruised my mind but still I let Small answers be a bullwark to my fear. The huge abstractions I kept from the light; Small things I handled and caressed and loved. I let the stars assume the whole of night. But the big answers clamoured to be moved Into my life. Their great audacity Shouted to be acknowledged and believed. Even when all small answers build up to Protection of my spirit, still I hear Big answers striving for their overthrow. And all the great conclusions coming near


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Author Bio


  • NameEdith Sitwell
  • DescriptionBritish poet
  • AliasesDame Edith Louisa Sitwell; Edith Louisa Sitwell
  • BornSeptember 7, 1887
  • DiedDecember 9, 1964
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionPoet; Essayist; Literary Critic
  • AwardsDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire