The purpose of literature is to turn blood into ink.
T. S. ELIOTI have heard the mermaids singing, each to each. I do not think that they will sing to me.
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Only by acceptance of the past, can you alter it
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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.
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We read many books, because we cannot know enough people.
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What is hell? Hell is oneself. Hell is alone, the other figures in it Merely projections. There is nothing to escape from And nothing to escape to. One is always alone.
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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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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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Unreal friendship may turn to real But real friendship, once ended, cannot be mended
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The visible reminder of Invisible Light.
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These fragments I have shored against my ruins
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I will show you fear in a handful of dust.
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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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For us, there is only the trying. The rest is not our business.
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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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Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal.
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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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