"The last thing one discovers in composing a work is what to put first.“

-T. S. Eliot

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"I said to my soul, be still, and wait without hope, For hope would be hope for the wrong thing."

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"Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood."

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"Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion it is not the expression of personality, but an escape from personality. But, of course, only those who have personality and emotions know what it means to want to escape from these things."

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"Poetry may make us from time to time a little more aware of the deeper, unnamed feelings which form the substratum of our being, to which we rarely penetrate for our lives are mostly a constant evasion of ourselves."

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"A toothache, or a violent passion, is not necessarily diminished by our knowledge of its causes, its character, its importance or insignificance."

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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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"In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don't try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present."

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