Quotes by James Stephens

• You must be fit to give before you can be fit to receive.
• Curiosity will conquer fear even more than bravery will.
• A woman is a branchy tree and man a singing wind; and from her branches carelessly he takes what he can find.
• Originality does not consist in saying what no one has ever said before, but in saying exactly what you think yourself.
• Sleep is an excellent way of listening to an opera.
• What the heart knows today the head will understand tomorrow.
• Women and birds are able to see without turning their heads, and that is indeed a necessary provision for they are both surrounded by enemies.
• Men come of age at sixty, women at fifteen.
• A sword, a spade, and a thought should never be allowed to rust.
• Finality is death. Perfection is finality. Nothing is perfect. There are lumps in it.