". . . Human kind cannot bear very much reality."
- T. S. [Thomas Stearns] Eliot (1888 - 1965)

"And I will show you something different from either your shadow at morning striding behind you or your shadow at evening rising to meet you; I will show you fear in a handful of dust."
- T. S. [Thomas Stearns] Eliot (1888 - 1965)

"For I have known them all already, know them all -- have known the evenings, mornings, afternoons, I have measured out my life with coffee spoons."
- T. S. [Thomas Stearns] Eliot (1888 - 1965)

"Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood."
- T. S. [Thomas Stearns] Eliot (1888 - 1965)

"Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important."
- T. S. [Thomas Stearns] Eliot (1888 - 1965)

"Hell is oneself, Hell is alone, the other figures in it merely projections."
- T. S. [Thomas Stearns] Eliot (1888 - 1965)

"I have measured out my life with coffee spoons."
- T. S. [Thomas Stearns] Eliot (1888 - 1965)

"Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal."
- T. S. [Thomas Stearns] Eliot (1888 - 1965)