T. S. Eliot

Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion; it is not the expression of personality, read more

Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion; it is not the expression of personality, but an escape from personality. But, of course, only those who have personality and emotions know what it means to want to escape from these things.

Some editors are failed writers, but so are most writers.

Some editors are failed writers, but so are most writers.

We shall not cease from exploration and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started... read more

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.

We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started read more

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.

For last year's words belong to last year's language and next year's words await another voice.

For last year's words belong to last year's language and next year's words await another voice.