813 Quotes by T. S. Eliot

In my end is my beginning.

Before a cat will condescend to treat you as a trusted friend, some little token of esteem is needed, like a dish of cream.

We ask only to be reassured About the noises in the cellar And the window that should not have been open.

I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach. I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each.

Culture may even be described simply as that which makes life worth living.

I am no prophet-and here’s no great matter.

Humankind can’t stand too much reality.

Because these wings are no longer wings to fly But merely vans to beat the air The air which is now thoroughly small and dry Smaller and dryer than the will Teach us to care and not to care Teach us to sit still.

Good poets borrow, great poets steal.