People to whom nothing has ever happened cannot understand the unimportance of events.

Quote by T S Eliot

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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,...

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.

It's strange that words are so inadequate. Yet, like the asthmatic struggling for breath, so...

It's strange that words are so inadequate. Yet, like the asthmatic struggling for breath, so...

Every experience is a paradox in that it means to be absolute, and yet is...

Every experience is a paradox in that it means to be absolute, and yet is...

I don't believe one grows older. I think that what happens early on in life...

I don't believe one grows older. I think that what happens early on in life...

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...

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;...

My greatest trouble is getting the curtain up and down.

My greatest trouble is getting the curtain up and down.

Sometimes things become possible if we want them bad enough.

Sometimes things become possible if we want them bad enough.

Love is most nearly itself when here and now cease to matter.

Love is most nearly itself when here and now cease to matter.

This is the way the world ends. Not with a bang but a whimper

This is the way the world ends. Not with a bang but a whimper

Home is where one starts from.

Home is where one starts from.

Art never improves, but... the material of art is never quite the same.

Art never improves, but... the material of art is never quite the same.

As things are, and as fundamentally they must always be, poetry is not a career,...

As things are, and as fundamentally they must always be, poetry is not a career,...

If you aren't in over your head, how do you know how tall you are?

If you aren't in over your head, how do you know how tall you are?

I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.

I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.

You are the music while the music lasts.

You are the music while the music lasts.

Humankind cannot bear very much reality.

Humankind cannot bear very much reality.

Our difficulties of the moment must always be dealt with somehow, but our permanent difficulties...

Our difficulties of the moment must always be dealt with somehow, but our permanent difficulties...

It is obvious that we can no more explain a passion to a person who...

It is obvious that we can no more explain a passion to a person who...