Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.
T. S. ELIOTSome editors are failed writers, but so are most writers.
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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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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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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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The last act is the greatest treason. To do the right deed for the wrong reason.
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Time 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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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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It’s not wise to violate the rules until you know how to observe them.
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This is one moment, / But know that another / Shall pierce you with a sudden painful joy.
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In my end is my beginning.
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Where is the Life we have lost in living? 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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Do I dare Disturb the universe?
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Where does one go from a world of insanity? Somewhere on the other side of despair.
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Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.
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If you aren’t in over your head, how do you know how tall you are?
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