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

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

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 a…

- 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

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 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 tha…

- Sheila Kaye-Smith

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

- 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