T. S. Eliot
Country: St.Louis. Missouri, U.S.
Born: 26 September, 1888
Died: 4 January, 1965 (Aged 77)
T. S. Eliot Biography
S. Eliot, an esteemed poet transformed 20th-century literature through his reflective themes and pioneering approach. His writings blend spirituality, memory, temporality and existential thought producing a style that continues to resonate with audiences. Renowned for works such as The Waste Land and Four Quartets Eliot continues to be a cornerstone, in contemporary poetry, symbolism and literary theory.
Famous Quotes by T. S. Eliot
The soul ages ahead of the body realizing its role.
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Between desire and pain exists the form of our selves.
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We hide our anxieties, beneath the dirt. They awaken whenever the breeze recalls us.
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We communicate in enigmas because reality frequently comes without words.
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Hope is the quiet rebellion of a tired spirit.
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At times the faintest reverberation bears the sorrow.
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We imagine because reality declines to be complete.
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Souls come undone in times the intellect fails to identify.
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The universe is constructed from instances we were too preoccupied to observe.
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We dread the darkness as it reflects the parts, within ourselves.
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The spirit murmurs what logic is too arrogant to acknowledge.
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We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.
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Between the idea and the reality falls the Shadow.
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April is the cruelest month.
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This is the way the world ends / Not with a bang but a whimper.
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For us, there is only the trying. The rest is not our business.
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Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
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Our measure of days is guided not by hours but by the traces our shadows cast.
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In each moment an overlooked truth longs to come alive once more.
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What we give up in our youth comes back to challenge us in age.
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Fate is a passage illuminated solely when we have the courage to traverse it.
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No adventure starts before the spirit acknowledges its wandering.
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To stand still is to meet the past disguised as the future.
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Each conclusion is a gateway veiled as a goodbye.
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Loneliness is the architect of our deepest realizations.
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Memory is the spirit that lingers until we pay attention.
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Understanding comes gradually to morning hesitating to rouse the land.
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We pursue time not realizing it pursues us too.
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Often reality is concealed within the inquiries we choose to ignore.
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Our identity is shaped by decisions we act as if weren't ours.
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What we search for outside is often already, inside us.
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The spirit holds a chart inscribed in ink.
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To lose oneself is sometimes the only path to becoming.
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Darkness grows as love loses its path.
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We arrive at wisdom when we stop demanding certainty from life.
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Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.
