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

Quote by TS Eliot

Topics: Death Quotes

For us, there is only the trying. The rest is not our business.

For us, there is only the trying. The rest is not our business.

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.

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.

After such knowledge, what forgiveness? Think now History has many cunning passages, contrived corridors And...

After such knowledge, what forgiveness? Think now History has many cunning passages, contrived corridors And...

Here undoubtedly lies the chief poetic energy: --in the force of imagination that pierces or...

Here undoubtedly lies the chief poetic energy: --in the force of imagination that pierces or...

Those who trust us educate us

Those who trust us educate us

The most important thing for poets to do is to write as little as possible.

The most important thing for poets to do is to write as little as possible.

What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.

What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.

When we read of human beings behaving in certain ways, with the approval of the...

When we read of human beings behaving in certain ways, with the approval of the...

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 -...

Some editors are failed writers, but so are most writers.

Some editors are failed writers, but so are most writers.

I have measured out my life with coffee spoons

I have measured out my life with coffee spoons

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...

Webster was much possessed by death / And saw the skull beneath the skin.

Webster was much possessed by death / And saw the skull beneath the skin.

This love is silent.

This love is silent.

Most of us who turn to any subject we love remember some morning or evening...

Most of us who turn to any subject we love remember some morning or evening...

We shall not cease from exploration and the end of all our exploring will be...

We shall not cease from exploration and the end of all our exploring will be...

Treading the soil of the moon, palpitating its pebbles, tasting the panic and splendor of...

Treading the soil of the moon, palpitating its pebbles, tasting the panic and splendor of...

Most of the southern hemisphere is unexplored. We had more exploration ships down there during...

Most of the southern hemisphere is unexplored. We had more exploration ships down there during...

The future belongs to the curious. The ones who are not afraid to try it,...

The future belongs to the curious. The ones who are not afraid to try it,...