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

Quote by T S Eliot

Topics: T S Eliot Quotes

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.

In my beginning is my end.

In my beginning is my end.

So the lover must struggle for words.

So the lover must struggle for words.

Business today consists in persuading crowds.

Business today consists in persuading crowds.

Humankind cannot bear very much reality.

Humankind cannot bear very much reality.

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...

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...

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'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.

Friendship should be more than biting time can sever.

Friendship should be more than biting time can sever.

Sometimes things become possible if we want them bad enough.

Sometimes things become possible if we want them bad enough.

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?

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...

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...

Love is most nearly itself when here and now cease to matter.

Love is most nearly itself when here and now cease to matter.

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.

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,...

April is the cruellest month.

April is the cruellest month.

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...