Quotes of Cecil Day Lewis - somelinesforyou

“ First, I do not sit down at my desk to put into verse something that is already clear in my mind. If it were clear in my mind, I should have no incentive or need to write about it. We do not write in order to be understood; we write in order to understand. ”

- Cecil Day Lewis

“ First, I do not sit down at my desk to put into verse something that is already clear in my mind. If it were clear in my mind, I should have no incentive or need to write about it. We do not write in order to be understood; we write in order to understand. ”

- Cecil Day Lewis

“ We do not write in order to be understood; we write in order to understand. ”

- Cecil Day Lewis

“ First, I do not sit down at my desk to put into verse something that is already clear in my mind. If it were clear in my mind, I should have no incentive or need to write about it. We do not write in order to be understood; we write in order to understand. ”

- Cecil Day Lewis

“ No good poem, however confessional is may be, is just a self-expression. Who on earth would claim that the pearl expresses the oyster? ”

- Cecil Day Lewis

“ No good poem, however confessional is may be, is just a self-expression. Who on earth would claim that the pearl expresses the oyster? ”

- Cecil Day Lewis

“ First, I do not sit down at my desk to put into verse something that is already clear in my mind. If it were clear in my mind, I should have no incentive or need to write about it. We do not write in order to be understood; we write in order to understand. ”

- Cecil Day Lewis

“ We do not write in order to be understood; we write in order to understand. ”

- Cecil Day Lewis

“ No good poem, however confessional is may be, is just a self-expression. Who on earth would claim that the pearl expresses the oyster? ”

- Cecil Day Lewis

“ No good poem, however confessional is may be, is just a self-expression. Who on earth would claim that the pearl expresses the oyster? ”

- Cecil Day Lewis

“ First, I do not sit down at my desk to put into verse something that is already clear in my mind. If it were clear in my mind, I should have no incentive or need to write about it. We do not write in order to be understood; we write in order to understand. ”

- Cecil Day Lewis

“ We'd like to fight but we fear defeat, we'd like to work but we're feeling too weak, we'd like to be sick but we'd get the sack, we'd like to behave, we'd like to believe, we'd like to love, but we've lost the knack. ”

- Cecil Day Lewis

“ We'd like to fight but we fear defeat, we'd like to work but we're feeling too weak, we'd like to be sick but we'd get the sack, we'd like to behave, we'd like to believe, we'd like to love, but we've lost the knack. ”

- Cecil Day Lewis

“ No good poem, however confessional is may be, is just a self-expression. Who on earth would claim that the pearl expresses the oyster? ”

- Cecil Day Lewis

“ First, I do not sit down at my desk to put into verse something that is already clear in my mind. If it were clear in my mind, I should have no incentive or need to write about it. We do not write in order to be understood; we write in order to understand. ”

- Cecil Day Lewis

“ No good poem, however confessional is may be, is just a self-expression. Who on earth would claim that the pearl expresses the oyster? ”

- Cecil Day Lewis

“ We do not write in order to be understood; we write in order to understand. ”

- Cecil Day Lewis

“ No good poem, however confessional is may be, is just a self-expression. Who on earth would claim that the pearl expresses the oyster? ”

- Cecil Day Lewis

“ We'd like to fight but we fear defeat, we'd like to work but we're feeling too weak, we'd like to be sick but we'd get the sack, we'd like to behave, we'd like to believe, we'd like to love, but we've lost the knack. ”

- Cecil Day Lewis

“ We'd like to fight but we fear defeat, we'd like to work but we're feeling too weak, we'd like to be sick but we'd get the sack, we'd like to behave, we'd like to believe, we'd like to love, but we've lost the knack. ”

- Cecil Day Lewis

“ We do not write in order to be understood; we write in order to understand. ”

- Cecil Day Lewis

“ No good poem, however confessional is may be, is just a self-expression. Who on earth would claim that the pearl expresses the oyster? ”

- Cecil Day Lewis

“ First, I do not sit down at my desk to put into verse something that is already clear in my mind. If it were clear in my mind, I should have no incentive or need to write about it. We do not write in order to be understood; we write in order to understand. ”

- Cecil Day Lewis

“ We do not write in order to be understood; we write in order to understand. ”

- Cecil Day Lewis

“ We do not write in order to be understood; we write in order to understand. ”

- Cecil Day Lewis

“ We do not write in order to be understood; we write in order to understand. ”

- Cecil Day Lewis

“ We do not write in order to be understood; we write in order to understand. ”

- Cecil Day Lewis

“ We do not write in order to be understood; we write in order to understand. ”

- Cecil Day Lewis

“ First, I do not sit down at my desk to put into verse something that is already clear in my mind. If it were clear in my mind, I should have no incentive or need to write about it. We do not write in order to be understood; we write in order to understand. ”

- Cecil Day Lewis

“ First, I do not sit down at my desk to put into verse something that is already clear in my mind. If it were clear in my mind, I should have no incentive or need to write about it. We do not write in order to be understood; we write in order to understand. ”

- Cecil Day Lewis
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