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Brief author info: Edith Sitwell (1887-1964) English poet and prose writer; member of well-known literary family including brothers Osbert and Sachever-ell; switched from light verse to religious poetry; known as eccentric wit.

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What an artist is for is to tell us what we see but do not know that we see.

Edith Sitwell

If one is a greyhound, why try to look like a Pekingese?

Edith Sitwell

I am an electric eel in a pool of catfish.

Edith Sitwell

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

Edith Sitwell

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

Edith Sitwell

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Political Movements Quote

My interest is not in the capture of power, but in the control of power by the people.

- Jayaprakash Narayan

Love Quote

The way to love anything is to realize that it might be lost.

- G. K. Chesterton

Life Quote

I'm the one that has to die when it's time for me to die, so let me live my life, the way I want to.

- Jimi Hendrix

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To understand is hard. Once one understands, action is easy.

- Sun Yat-sen

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Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value.

- Albert Einstein

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