"The last thing one discovers in composing a work is what to put first."
-T. S. Eliot
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"Moving between the legs of tables and of chairs, rising or falling, grasping at kisses and toys, advancing boldly, sudden to take alarm, retreating to the corner of arm and knee, eager to be reassured, taking pleasure in the fragrant brilliance of the Christmas tree.“
-T. S. Eliot
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"Where is the Life we have lost in living? Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?"
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"It is only in the world of objects that we have time and space and selves."
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"Poetry should help, not only to refine the language of the time, but to prevent it from changing too rapidly."
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"A play should give you something to think about. When I see a play and understand it the first time, then I know it can't be much good."
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"As things are, and as fundamentally they must always be, poetry is not a career, but a mug's game. No honest poet can ever feel quite sure of the permanent value of what he has written: He may have wasted his time and messed up his life for nothing."
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