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.
T. S. ELIOTWhatever 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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Teach us to care and not to care
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This is one moment, / But know that another / Shall pierce you with a sudden painful joy.
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I will show you fear in a handful of dust.
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Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
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Sometimes things become possible if we want them bad enough.
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For us, there is only the trying. The rest is not our business.
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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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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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This is the way the world ends not with a bang but a whimper.
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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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People to whom nothing has ever happened cannot understand the unimportance of events.
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Humor is also a way of saying something serious.
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Books. Cats. Life is good.
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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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Success is relative. It is what we make of the mess we have made of things.
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