Keith Douglas Professions : Poet Born : January 24, 1920 Died : June 9, 1944 Browse All Authors Famous Quotes by Keith Douglas Silence is a strange thing to us who live: we desire it, we fear it, we worship it, we hate it. There is a divinity about cats, as long as they are silent: the silence of swans gives them an air of legend. Keith Douglas cat hate happiness Life is like an elevator. Up and down, just make sure you get off on the right floor. Keith Douglas elevators life-is-like life-is Similar Authors Abdellatif Laabi poet Ihara Saikaku poet Abram Joseph Ryan poet Ingeborg Bachmann poet Izumi Shikibu poet Bion of Smyrna poet All Authors