9 Quotes by T. S. Eliot about time


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    I don't believe one grows older. I think that what happens early on in life is that at a certain age one stands still and stagnates.

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    time past and time future what might have been and what has been point to one end, which is always present.

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    The young feel tired at the end of an action, the old at the beginning.

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    Here between the hither and the farther shore While time is withdrawn, consider the future And the past with an equal mind.

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    Fare forward, travellers! not escaping from the past Into different lives, or into any future; You are not the same people who left that station Or who will arrive at any terminus, While the narrowing rails slide together behind you.

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    And indeed there will be time To wonder, "Do I dare?" and, "Do I dare?" Time to turn back and descend the stair, With a bald spot in the middle of my hair.

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    A cold coming we had of it, Just the worst time of the year For a journey, and such a long journey: The ways deep and the weather sharp, The very dead of winter.

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