Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
T. S. ELIOTMen dislike being awakened from their death in life.
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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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Time present and time past are both perhaps present in time future And time future contained in time past.
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This is one moment, / But know that another / Shall pierce you with a sudden painful joy.
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For you know only a heap of broken images
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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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music heard so deeply That it is not heard at all, but you are the music While the music lasts.
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There is one who remembers the way to your door: Life you may evade, but Death you shall not.
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I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each. I do not think that they will sing to me.
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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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I will show you fear in a handful of dust.
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Distracted from distraction by distraction
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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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We must not cease from exploration. And the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we began and to know the place for the first time.
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We had the experience but missed the meaning. And approach to the meaning restores the experience in a different form.
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If you aren’t in over your head, how do you know how tall you are?
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