The purpose of literature is to turn blood into ink.
T. S. ELIOTTime for you and time for me, And time yet for a hundred indecisions, And for a hundred visions and revisions, Before the taking of a toast and tea.
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Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal.
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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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I can connect Nothing with nothing
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The very existence of libraries affords the best evidence that we may yet have hope for the future of man
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The last act is the greatest treason. To do the right deed for the wrong reason.
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Distracted from distraction by distraction
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Men dislike being awakened from their death in life.
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If you haven’t the strength to impose your own terms upon life, then you must accept the terms it offers you.
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We must not cease from exploration. And the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we began and to know the place for the first time.
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Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.
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I will show you fear in a handful of dust.
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We don’t actually fear death, we fear that no one will notice our absence, that we will disappear without a trace.
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For you know only a heap of broken images
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April is the cruelest month, breeding lilacs out of the dead land, mixing memory and desire, stirring dull roots with spring rain.
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You are the music while the music lasts.
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