There is no feeling, except the extremes of fear and grief, that does not find relief in music.

Quote by TS Eliot

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The last temptation is the greatest treason: to do the right deed for the wrong...

The last temptation is the greatest treason: to do the right deed for the wrong...

Liberty is a different kind of pain from prison.

Liberty is a different kind of pain from prison.

A difference of taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.

A difference of taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.

Those who trust us educate us

Those who trust us educate us

Webster was much possessed by death / And saw the skull beneath the skin.

Webster was much possessed by death / And saw the skull beneath the skin.

For us, there is only the trying. The rest is not our business.

For us, there is only the trying. The rest is not our business.

For last years words belong to last years language and next years words await another...

For last years words belong to last years language and next years words await another...

Anxiety is the hand maiden of creativity

Anxiety is the hand maiden of creativity

The awful daring of a moment's surrender which an age of prudence can never retract.

The awful daring of a moment's surrender which an age of prudence can never retract.

Those who trust us educate us.

Those who trust us educate us.

There are men whose presence infuses trust and reverence.

There are men whose presence infuses trust and reverence.

When death, the great reconciler, has come, it is never our tenderness that we repent...

When death, the great reconciler, has come, it is never our tenderness that we repent...

Fear is the tax which conscience pays to guilt

Fear is the tax which conscience pays to guilt

Think not forever of yourselves, O Chiefs, nor of your own generation. Think of continuing...

Think not forever of yourselves, O Chiefs, nor of your own generation. Think of continuing...

Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.

Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.

There is nothing that will kill a man so soon as having nobody to find...

There is nothing that will kill a man so soon as having nobody to find...

This love is silent.

This love is silent.

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,...

No man is a hypocrite in his pleasures

No man is a hypocrite in his pleasures

'Make a remark,' said the Red Queen; 'it's ridiculous to leave all the conversation to...

'Make a remark,' said the Red Queen; 'it's ridiculous to leave all the conversation to...