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. ELIOTHumankind cannot bear very much reality.
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This is one moment, / But know that another / Shall pierce you with a sudden painful joy.
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Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal.
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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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What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from.
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The purpose of literature is to turn blood into ink.
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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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We do not pass through the same door twice Or return to the door through which we did not pass.
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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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Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
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We have lingered in the chambers of the sea By sea-girls wreathed with seaweed red and brown Till human voices wake us and we drown.
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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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Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.
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To do the useful thing, to say the courageous thing, to contemplate the beautiful thing: that is enough for one man’s life.
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Anxiety is the handmaiden of creativity
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For us, there is only the trying. The rest is not our business.
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