Charlotte Mew Quotes & Sayings

Now I will burn you back, I will burn you through,
Though I am damned for it we two will lie
And burn, here where the starlings fly — Charlotte Mew

There is something horrible about a flower;
This, broken in my hand, is one of those
He threw it in just now; it will not live another hour;
There are thousands more; you do not miss a rose. — Charlotte Mew

Religion is like music, one must have an ear for it. Some people have none at all. — Charlotte Mew

But still it was a lovely thing
Through the grey months to wait for Spring — Charlotte Mew

We are what we are, the spirit afterwards, but first the touch. — Charlotte Mew

People are only 'disappointing' when one makes a wrong diagnosis ... — Charlotte Mew