813 Quotes by T. S. Eliot

  • Author T. S. Eliot
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    I could see nothing behind that child's eye. / I have seen eyes in the street / Trying to peer through lighted shutters, / And a crab one afternoon in a pool, / An old crab with barnacles on his back, / Gripped the end of a stick which I held him.

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    Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go

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    Either everything in man can be traced as a development from below, or something must come from above. There is no avoiding that dilemma: you must be either a naturalist or a supernaturalist.

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