For I have known them all already, know them all -- have known the evenings, mornings, afternoons, I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.

Quote by TS Eliot

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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...

Where is wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost...

Where is wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost...

Hell is oneself, Hell is alone, the other figures in it merely projections.

Hell is oneself, Hell is alone, the other figures in it merely projections.

I do not approve the extermination of the enemy; the policy of exterminating or, as...

I do not approve the extermination of the enemy; the policy of exterminating or, as...

The last temptation is the greatest treason: to do the right deed for the wrong...

The last temptation is the greatest treason: to do the right deed for the wrong...

Anxiety is the hand maiden of creativity

Anxiety is the hand maiden of creativity

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...

There is no feeling, except the extremes of fear and grief, that does not find...

There is no feeling, except the extremes of fear and grief, that does not find...

The awful daring of a moment's surrender which an age of prudence can never retract.

The awful daring of a moment's surrender which an age of prudence can never retract.

My greatest trouble is getting the curtain up and down.

My greatest trouble is getting the curtain up and down.

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,...

No soul is desolate as long as there is a human being for whom it...

No soul is desolate as long as there is a human being for whom it...

We might remind ourselves that criticism is as inevitable as breathing, and that we should...

We might remind ourselves that criticism is as inevitable as breathing, and that we should...

There are men whose presence infuses trust and reverence

There are men whose presence infuses trust and reverence

Where is the Life we have lost in living?

Where is the Life we have lost in living?

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

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

Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.

Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.

If people would dare to speak to one another unreservedly, there would be a good...

If people would dare to speak to one another unreservedly, there would be a good...

To listen well is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk...

To listen well is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk...

The sick soon come to understand that they live in a different world from that...

The sick soon come to understand that they live in a different world from that...

Poetry and Hums aren't things which you get, they're things which get you. And all...

Poetry and Hums aren't things which you get, they're things which get you. And all...