I read, much of the night, and go south in the winter.
T. S. ELIOTNo one can become really educated without having pursued some study in which he took no interest- for it is a part of education to learn to interest ourselves in subjects for which we have no aptitude.
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Unreal friendship may turn to real But real friendship, once ended, cannot be mended
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We read many books, because we cannot know enough people.
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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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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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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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Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?
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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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Of lovers whose bodies smell of each other Who think the same thoughts without need of speech
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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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In my end is my beginning.
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There’s no vocabulary For love within a family, love that’s lived in But not looked at, love within the light of which All else is seen, the love within which All other love finds speech. This love is silent.
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This love is silent.
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If you aren’t in over your head, how do you know how tall you are?
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The purpose of literature is to turn blood into ink.
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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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