The Holiday Quotes

“And it is this merry heart, he goes on to explain, and how it must be cantered in God, for this merry heart has a holy lightness that has nothing to do with outside excitements, no, it is centred in God and happy, because it knows that not all of itself can be good, or anything, but only in and through God.”
― Stevie Smith, The Holiday

“[…] he said that it was better to cry for love than for fear, but best of all for repentance.”
― Stevie Smith, The Holiday

“So that in one long book, said Caz, there may be only two thoughts of beauty and of worth, and for these two thoughts the reader must plunge and dive.”
― Stevie Smith, The Holiday

“Oh, I say, if we were meant to come back to God, why were we sent out, why were we sent away? I wish for innocence more than anything, but I am conscious only of corruption.”
― Stevie Smith, The Holiday

“So what are they about? Oh people, said the young man. People? said the countess-ah, they are very difficult.”
― Stevie Smith, The Holiday