Any poet, if he is to survive beyond his 25th year, must alter; he must seek new literary influences; he will have different emotions to express.

Quote by TS Eliot

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I have measured out my life with coffee spoons

I have measured out my life with coffee spoons

A difference of taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.

A difference of taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.

What loneliness is more lonely than distrust?

What loneliness is more lonely than distrust?

Fear is the tax which conscience pays to guilt

Fear is the tax which conscience pays to guilt

I'm proof against that word failure. I've seen behind it. The only failure a man...

I'm proof against that word failure. I've seen behind it. The only failure a man...

I will show you fear in a handful of dust.

I will show you fear in a handful of dust.

My greatest trouble is getting the curtain up and down.

My greatest trouble is getting the curtain up and down.

A good half of the effort of understanding what the Indian philosophers were after -...

A good half of the effort of understanding what the Indian philosophers were after -...

There are men whose presence infuses trust and reverence.

There are men whose presence infuses trust and reverence.

I'm proof against that word failure. I've seen behind it. The only failure a man...

I'm proof against that word failure. I've seen behind it. The only failure a man...

I had seen birth and death but had thought they were different.

I had seen birth and death but had thought they were different.

Human kind cannot bear much reality.

Human kind cannot bear much reality.

I take as metaphysical poetry that in which what is ordinarily apprehensible only by thought...

I take as metaphysical poetry that in which what is ordinarily apprehensible only by thought...

My own experience and development deepen everyday my conviction that our moral progress may be...

My own experience and development deepen everyday my conviction that our moral progress may be...

Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.

Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.

Each venture is a new beginning, a raid on the inarticulate with shabby equipment always...

Each venture is a new beginning, a raid on the inarticulate with shabby equipment always...

For last years words belong to last years language and next years words await another...

For last years words belong to last years language and next years words await another...

What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is...

What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is...

If fear alters behavior, you're already defeated.

If fear alters behavior, you're already defeated.

I'll endorse with my name any of the following; clothing AC-DC, cigarettes, small tapes, sound...

I'll endorse with my name any of the following; clothing AC-DC, cigarettes, small tapes, sound...