Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.

Quote by T S Eliot

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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;...

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

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...

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.

Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.

Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.

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 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,...

O Lord, deliver me from the man of excellent intention and impure heart: for the...

O Lord, deliver me from the man of excellent intention and impure heart: for the...

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...

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...

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 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...

Friendship should be more than biting time can sever.

Friendship should be more than biting time can sever.

I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.

I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.

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...

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

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

So the lover must struggle for words.

So the lover must struggle for words.

April is the cruellest month.

April is the cruellest month.

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...

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,...