It's strange that words are so inadequate. Yet, like the asthmatic struggling for breath, so the lover must struggle for words.

Quote by T S Eliot

Topics: T S Eliot Quotes

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...

Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who...

Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who...

So the lover must struggle for words.

So the lover must struggle for words.

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,...

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.

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...

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...

Let's not be narrow, nasty, and negative.

Let's not be narrow, nasty, and negative.

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.

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...

You are the music while the music lasts.

You are the music while the music lasts.

This is the way the world ends. Not with a bang but a whimper

This is the way the world ends. Not with a bang but a whimper

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...

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,...

Home is where one starts from.

Home is where one starts from.

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;...

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...

April is the cruellest month.

April is the cruellest month.

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.