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

Quote by T S Eliot

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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...

It is only in the world of objects that we have time and space and...

It is only in the world of objects that we have time and space and...

In my beginning is my end.

In my beginning is my end.

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.

You are the music while the music lasts.

You are the music while the music lasts.

Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.

Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.

Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal.

Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal.

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...

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.

Any poet, if he is to survive beyond his 25th year, must alter; he must...

Any poet, if he is to survive beyond his 25th year, must alter; he must...

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...

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...

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,...

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;...

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...

April is the cruellest month.

April is the cruellest month.

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...

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...

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

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