My greatest trouble is getting the curtain up and down.

Quote by T S Eliot

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All significant truths are private truths. As they become public they cease to become truths;...

All significant truths are private truths. As they become public they cease to become truths;...

Our high respect for a well read person is praise enough for literature.

Our high respect for a well read person is praise enough for literature.

Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal.

Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal.

Sometimes things become possible if we want them bad enough.

Sometimes things become possible if we want them bad enough.

Humankind cannot bear very much reality.

Humankind cannot bear very much reality.

Playwriting gets into your blood and you can't stop it. At least not until the...

Playwriting gets into your blood and you can't stop it. At least not until the...

Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion; it is...

Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion; it is...

April is the cruellest month.

April is the cruellest month.

Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who...

Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who...

Knowledge is invariably a matter of degree: you cannot put your finger upon even the...

Knowledge is invariably a matter of degree: you cannot put your finger upon even the...

Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can...

Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can...

Poetry should help, not only to refine the language of the time, but to prevent...

Poetry should help, not only to refine the language of the time, but to prevent...

Friendship should be more than biting time can sever.

Friendship should be more than biting time can sever.

A play should give you something to think about. When I see a play and...

A play should give you something to think about. When I see a play and...

Poetry may make us from time to time a little more aware of the deeper,...

Poetry may make us from time to time a little more aware of the deeper,...

I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.

I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.

A toothache, or a violent passion, is not necessarily diminished by our knowledge of its...

A toothache, or a violent passion, is not necessarily diminished by our knowledge of its...

In my beginning is my end.

In my beginning is my end.

O Lord, deliver me from the man of excellent intention and impure heart: for the...

O Lord, deliver me from the man of excellent intention and impure heart: for the...

Anxiety is the hand maiden of creativity.

Anxiety is the hand maiden of creativity.