In my beginning is my end.

Quote by T S Eliot

Topics: T S Eliot Quotes

April is the cruellest month.

April is the cruellest month.

A toothache, or a violent passion, is not necessarily diminished by our knowledge of its...

A toothache, or a violent passion, is not necessarily diminished by our knowledge of its...

Home is where one starts from.

Home is where one starts from.

It's not wise to violate rules until you know how to observe them.

It's not wise to violate rules until you know how to observe them.

My greatest trouble is getting the curtain up and down.

My greatest trouble is getting the curtain up and down.

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...

You are the music while the music lasts.

You are the music while the music lasts.

So the lover must struggle for words.

So the lover must struggle for words.

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.

I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.

I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.

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...

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...

Sometimes things become possible if we want them bad enough.

Sometimes things become possible if we want them bad enough.

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.

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,...

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.

Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion; it is...

Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion; it is...

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...

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?