Benedict Smith > Quotes

“I wish I wrote the way I thought
Obsessively
Incessantly
With maddening hunger
I’d write to the point of suffocation
I’d write myself into nervous breakdowns
Manuscripts spiralling out like tentacles into abysmal nothing
And I’d write about you
a lot more
than I should”
― Benedict Smith

“I asked her if she believed in love, and she smiled and said it was her most elaborate method of self-harm.”
― Benedict Smith

“I fall in love all the time. With music, film, poetry. A smile. A bum. But rarely the whole of someone.”
― Benedict Smith

“The word poetry comes from the Greek word poiesis which just means “a making”. So if you’ve made it, it’s poetry. Even if it’s breakfast.”
― Benedict Smith

“We had a threesome
You, me and my depression
Depression fucks hard”
― Benedict Smith

“What I needed was a connection with someone. Someone real. I felt that need in the marrow of my bones, in my pancreas, in my kneecaps. I did not need an endless sea of flesh. What I needed was to be loved.”
― Benedict Smith

“Life is mostly pain and struggle; the rest is love and deep dish pizza.”
― Benedict Smith

“I wish I wrote the way I thought; obsessively, incessantly, with maddening hunger. I'd write to the point of suffocation. I'd write myself into nervous breakdowns, manuscripts spiralling out like tentacles into abysmal nothing...”
― Benedict Smith, I wish I wrote the way I thought