Mary Butts Quotes

Armed with madness, I go on a long voyage.

Not till the end of the war will there be any time for art or love or magic again. Perhaps never again.

I blessed the power which has filled my life with poetry.

Build a little fence of trust around today; Fill the space with loving deeds, and therein stay.

The things you hate are only your body being knocked about by phenomena

Frog or pearl, life hid something at the bottom of the cup.

Art is the god you have not seen.

Nature has a counterpart, a representation of every interior mood and obscure perception of man.

One should be allowed to choose one's burden.

It is in the nature of any effort to leave something serviceable behind it.

The truth which may not be told, is the truth which cannot be told.

Sink twice before you strike out for land.