We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time.
T. S. ELIOTThis is one moment, / But know that another / Shall pierce you with a sudden painful joy.
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Time present and time past are both perhaps present in time future And time future contained in time past.
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We do not pass through the same door twice Or return to the door through which we did not pass.
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For last year’s words belong to last year’s language and next year’s words await another voice.
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Some editors are failed writers, but so are most writers.
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There is no feeling, except the extremes of fear and grief, that does not find relief in music.
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Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
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For I have known them all already, known them all—Have known the evenings, mornings, afternoons, I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.
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An election is coming. Universal peace is declared and the foxes have a sincere interest in prolonging the lives of the poultry.
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What is hell? Hell is oneself. Hell is alone, the other figures in it Merely projections. There is nothing to escape from And nothing to escape to. One is always alone.
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Do I dare Disturb the universe?
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I have seen the moment of my greatness flicker, and I have seen the eternal Footman hold my coat, and snicker, and in short, I was afraid.
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Whatever you think, be sure it is what you think; whatever you want, be sure that is what you want; whatever you feel, be sure that is what you feel.
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I learn a great deal by merely observing you, and letting you talk as long as you please, and taking note of what you do not say.
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This is the way the world ends not with a bang but a whimper.
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For us, there is only the trying. The rest is not our business.
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