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Quote by T. S. Eliot

“Words strain, Crack and sometimes break, under the burden, Under the tension, slip, slide, perish, Decay with imprecision, will not stay in place, Will not stay still.”

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T. S. Eliot

T. S. Eliot, a British playwright and poet, was born on September 26, 1888, in St. Louis, Missouri, USA, and died on January 4, 1965, in London, England. His works are known for their profound philosophical thoughts and unique poetic style, making him one of the most important literary figures of the 20th century. more

“They sat on a bench and Sproule held his wounded arm to his chest and rocked back and forth and blinked in the sun. What do you want to do? said the kid. Get a drink of water. Other than that. I dont know. You want to try and head back? To Texas? I don't know where else. We'd never make it. Well you say. I aint got no say. He was coughing again. He held his chest with his good hand and sat as if he'd get his breath. What have you got, a cold? I got consumption. Consumption? He nodded. I come out here for my health.”

Ifs Knows Want Trying Wells Said Hands Kids Water Sun Arms Cold Drink Breaths Sat Chests Texas Consumption Wounded Back And Forth Benches Coughing

Book:Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West

Source: Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West

“Where in this pukehole can a man get a drink? he said”

Men Said Drink

Book:Blood Meridian: Picador Classic

Source: Blood Meridian: Picador Classic

“In sorrow we must go, but not in despair. Behold! we are not bound for ever to the circles of the world, and beyond them is more than memory.”

World Memories Sorrow Despair Bounds Circles Afterlife

Book:The Lord of the Rings: One Volume

Source: The Lord of the Rings: One Volume

“in time of daffodils(who know the goal of living is to grow) forgetting why,remember how in time of lilacs who proclaim the aim of waking is to dream, remember so(forgetting seem) in time of roses(who amaze our now and here with paradise) forgetting if,remember yes in time of all sweet things beyond whatever mind may comprehend, remember seek(forgetting find) and in a mystery to be (when time from time shall set us free) forgetting me,remember me”

Ifs Knows Mind May Dream Seems Remember Grows Goal Forget Mystery Sweet Aim Rose Paradise Waking Remember Me Daffodil Lilac Sweet Things

Author:e. e. cummings

“Our minds, like our bodies, are in continual flux; something is hourly lost, and something acquired.... Do not suffer life to stagnate; it will grow muddy for want of motion: commit yourself again to the current of the world.”

World Want Mind Body Suffering Lost Grows Currents Commit Muddy Flux

Book:The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: A New Edition in Twelve Volumes, to which is Prefixed, an Essay on His Life and Genius, by Arthur Murphy, Esq. Containing Adventurer and Rasselas

Source: The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: A New Edition in Twelve Volumes, to which is Prefixed, an Essay on His Life and Genius, by Arthur Murphy, Esq. Containing Adventurer and Rasselas

“We are none of us promised anything but the last breath we take.”

Lasts Breaths

Book:The War Of The Flowers

Source: The War Of The Flowers

“Let's set the existence-of-God issue aside for a later volume, and just stipulate that in some way, self-replicating organisms came into existence on this planet and immediately began trying to get rid of each other, either by spamming their environments with rough copies of themselves, or by more direct means which hardly need to be belabored. Most of them failed, and their genetic legacy was erased from the universe forever, but a few found some way to survive and to propagate.”