Quotes by James Stephens

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Novelist and poet · Irish · 1880–1950

Irish novelist and poet (1880–1950)

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“Curiosity will conquer fear even more than bravery will.”

“What the heart knows today the head will understand tomorrow.”

“What the heart knows today the head will understand tomorrow.”

“Tell me your past, my beloved, for a man is his past, and is to be known by it.”

“Let the past be content with itself, for man needs forgetfulness as well as memory”

“Originality does not consist in saying what no one has ever said before but in saying exactly what you think yourself.”

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“Let the past be content with itself, for man needs forgetfulness as well as memory”
— James Stephens, Irish Fairy Tales
forgetfulness memory past

“He saw a square room furnished as a library. The entire section of the walls which he could spy was covered from floor to ceiling with books. There were volumes of every size, every shape, every co...”
— James Stephens, The Demi-gods
books library

“Tell me your past, my beloved, for a man is his past, and is to be known by it.”
— James Stephens, Irish Fairy Tales
memory-time-thinking past

“Curiosity will conquer fear even more than bravery will.”
— James Stephens
Curiosity Bravery Conquer

“What the heart knows today the head will understand tomorrow.”
— James Stephens
heart

“Originality does not consist in saying what no one has ever said before but in saying exactly what you think yourself.”
— James Stephens
originality

“What the heart knows today the head will understand tomorrow.”
— James Stephens
heart

“Originality does not consist in saying what no one has ever said before but in saying exactly what you think yourself.”
— James Stephens
originality