People to whom nothing has ever happened cannot understand the unimportance of events.
T. S. ELIOTTeach us to care and not to care
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This is one moment, / But know that another / Shall pierce you with a sudden painful joy.
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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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Time present and time past are both perhaps present in time future And time future contained in time past.
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I will show you fear in a handful of dust.
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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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It’s not wise to violate the rules until you know how to observe them.
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It will do you no harm to find yourself ridiculous. Resign yourself to be the fool you are. We must always take risks. That is our destiny.
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I can connect Nothing with nothing
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I am moved by fancies that are curled, around these images and cling, the notion of some infinitely gentle, infinitely suffering thing.
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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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I have measured out my life in coffee spoons.
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Footfalls echo in the memory, down the passage we did not take, towards the door we never opened, into the rose garden.
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We read many books, because we cannot know enough people.
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Television is a medium of entertainment which permits millions of people to listen to the same joke at the same time, and yet remain lonesome.
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Every experience is a paradox in that it means to be absolute, and yet is relative; in that it somehow always goes beyond itself and yet never escapes itself.
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