Top 8 Quotes & Sayings by Sheila Kaye-Smith

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Last updated on November 25, 2024.

Sheila Kaye-Smith was an English writer, known for her many novels set in the borderlands of Sussex and Kent in the English regional tradition. Her 1923 book The End of the House of Alard became a best-seller, and gave her prominence; it was followed by other successes, and her books enjoyed worldwide sales.

English - Writer | February 4, 1887 - January 14, 1956

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Pictures of my life stretch back into what must have been my very earliest childhood. ... They are not movies, then, nor are they talkies, but they are quite distinctly feelies.

Sheila Kaye-Smith

A novel which has been too much worked over often goes flat, and no amount of laborious revision can take the place of careful planning beforehand.

Sheila Kaye-Smith

Life justified itself. It might be cruel, treacherous, ironic, but it was life, and pain was as much a part of it as joy.

Sheila Kaye-Smith

I am old enough to see how little I have done in so much time, and how much I have to do in so little.

Sheila Kaye-Smith

It was one of the late Conservative Government's gestures towards agriculture -- graceful as a kiss, and of about as much use.

Sheila Kaye-Smith

The majority of human beings do not turn to God because they have not enough happiness but because happiness is not enough.

Sheila Kaye-Smith

Spring was coming back with the old promise, demanding the old sacrifice.

Sheila Kaye-Smith

The great question of all choosers and adventurers is 'Was it worth while?' - and whatever else you may expect of life, don't expect an answer to that.

Sheila Kaye-Smith

Top 8 Quotes & Sayings by Sheila Kaye-Smith

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