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"He did not love in the human way."
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Stevie SmithWhy does my Muse only speak when she is unhappy? — Stevie Smith
"Why does my Muse only speak when she is unhappy? She does not, I only listen when I am unhappy."
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Stevie Smith
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Florence Margaret Smith, known as Stevie Smith, was an English poet and novelist. She won the Cholmondeley Award and was awarded the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry. Stevie, a play by Hugh Whitemore based on her life, was adapted into a film starring Glenda Jackson.
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"Nobody heard him, the dead man, But still he lay moaning: I was much further out than you thought And not waving but drowning."
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"Was he married, did he try To support as he grew less fond of them Wife and family?"
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"To choose a god of love, as he did and does, Is a little move then? Yes, it is. A larger one will be when men Love love and hate hate but do not deify them? It will be a larger one."
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"All the same, there is a difficulty. I should like him to be happy in heaven here, But he cannot come by wishing. Only by being already at home here."
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"This Englishwoman is so refined She has no bosom and no behind."
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