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I learn a great deal by merely observing you, and letting you talk as long as you please, and taking note of what you do not say.

T. S. Eliot

Love is most nearly itself When here and now cease to matter.
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Deep Love
Success is relative. It is what we make of the mess we have made of things.
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Mess Success
In my end is my beginning.
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Beginning End Myself
Men dislike being awakened from their death in life.
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Death Deep Life Man
It will do you no harm to find yourself ridiculous. Resign yourself to be the fool you are. We must always take risks. That is our destiny.
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Destiny Fools Harm Ourselves Risk Yourself
Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?
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Deep Knowledge Lost Wisdom
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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Deep Family Light Love See Silence Talk
If you aren’t in over your head, how do you know how tall you are?
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Knowledge Yourself
Time present and time past are both perhaps present in time future And time future contained in time past.
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Past Present Science Time
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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Beyond Escape Experience
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
This is one moment, / But know that another / Shall pierce you with a sudden painful joy.
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Joy Moments Oneself Pain
Books. Cats. Life is good.
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Book Goodness Life
Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal.
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Growth Poet
The purpose of literature is to turn blood into ink.
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Ink Literature Poet Purpose
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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Body Myself Talk Thinking Word
Most of the evil in this world is done by people with good intentions.
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Evil Goodness Intention People World
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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Decision Time Vision Yourself
It’s not wise to violate the rules until you know how to observe them.
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Rule See Wisdom
In a minute there is time For decisions and revisions which a minute will reverse.
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Decision Time
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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Garden Memories Rose
We read many books, because we cannot know enough people.
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Book Enough People Reading
Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.
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Communication Poetry Understand
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
Only by acceptance of the past, can you alter it
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Acceptance Past
The last act is the greatest treason. To do the right deed for the wrong reason.
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Act Greatness Reason Right Wrong
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

I learn a great deal by merely observing you, and letting you talk as long as you please, and taking note of what you do not say.

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