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So I find words I never thought to speak In streets I never thought I should revisit When I left my body on a distant shore.

T. S. Eliot

Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
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Humanity Reality
I will show you fear in a handful of dust.
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Fear Myself Yourself
We do not pass through the same door twice Or return to the door through which we did not pass.
T. S. ELIOT

Philosophy Place Travel
People to whom nothing has ever happened cannot understand the unimportance of events.
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Importance People Understand
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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Deep Dream Fantasy Girl Human Sea Voice Wake Up
Sometimes things become possible if we want them bad enough.
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Bad Enough Possible
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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Absence Death Fade Fear Ourselves
Except for the point, the still point, There would be no dance, and there is only the dance.
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Dance Exception
Of lovers whose bodies smell of each other Who think the same thoughts without need of speech
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Body Lover Need Talk Thinking True Love
It’s not wise to violate the rules until you know how to observe them.
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Rule See Wisdom
I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each. I do not think that they will sing to me.
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Fantasy Myself Sing Thinking
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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Joke Listen Lonely People
We read many books, because we cannot know enough people.
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Book Enough People Reading
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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Evening Life Morning Myself
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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Fear Greatness Moments Myself See
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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Election Fake Live Peace Politics

So I find words I never thought to speak In streets I never thought I should revisit When I left my body on a distant shore.

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