Quote by: Stevie Smith

But one wants the idea of Death, you know, as something large and unknowable, something that allows a person to stretch himself out. Especially one wants it if one is tired. Or perhaps what one wants is simply a release from sensation, from all consciousness for ever....


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Author Bio


  • NameStevie Smith
  • Descriptionpoet, novelist, illustrator, performer
  • AliasesFlorence Margaret Smith
  • BornSeptember 20, 1902
  • DiedMarch 7, 1971
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionPoet; Author; Illustrator; Novelist; Performer
  • AwardsCholmondeley Award; Queen's Gold Medal For Poetry