People to whom nothing has ever happened cannot understand the unimportance of events.

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;...

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.

In my beginning is my end.

In my beginning is my end.

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...

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...

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,...

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.

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...

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?

Anxiety is the hand maiden of creativity.

Anxiety is the hand maiden of creativity.

Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.

Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.

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

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

Humankind cannot bear very much reality.

Humankind cannot bear very much reality.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Home is where one starts from.

Home is where one starts from.