Our difficulties of the moment must always be dealt with somehow, but our permanent difficulties are difficulties of every moment.

Quote by T S Eliot

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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...

My greatest trouble is getting the curtain up and down.

My greatest trouble is getting the curtain up and down.

So the lover must struggle for words.

So the lover must struggle for words.

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...

Friendship should be more than biting time can sever.

Friendship should be more than biting time can sever.

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;...

And they write innumerable books; being too vain and distracted for silence: seeking every one...

And they write innumerable books; being too vain and distracted for silence: seeking every one...

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...

Humankind cannot bear very much reality.

Humankind cannot bear very much reality.

April is the cruellest month.

April is the cruellest month.

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

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

We must not cease from exploration. And the end of all our exploring will be...

We must not cease from exploration. And the end of all our exploring will be...

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...

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 have measured out my life with coffee spoons.

I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.

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.

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.

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

The last man of the world-city no longer wants to live he may cling to...

The last man of the world-city no longer wants to live he may cling to...

The world began without man, and it will end without him.

The world began without man, and it will end without him.