813 Quotes by T. S. Eliot

O the moon shone bright on Mrs Porter / And on her daughter / They wash their feet in soda water.

The hippopotamus's day Is passed in sleep; at night he hunts; God works in a mysterious way- The Church can sleep and feed at once.

The soul of Man must quicken to creation.

And right action is freedom From past and future also.

An editor should tell the author his writing is better than it is. Not a lot better, a little better.

But it seems that something has happened that has never happened before: though we know not just when, or why, or how, or where.

After the erection of the Chinese Wall of Milton, blank verse has suffered not only arrest but retrogression.

He who was living is now dead We who were living are now dying With a little patience.

Words move, music moves Only in time; but that which is only living Can only die. Words, after speech, reach Into the silence. Only by the form, the pattern, Can words or music reach The stillness...