Someone said, 'The dead writers are remote from us because we know so much more than they did.' Precisely, and they are that which we know.
T. S. EliotIt is generally a feminine eye that first detects the moral deficiencies hidden under the 'dear deceit' of beauty.
T. S. EliotWords move, music moves Only in time; but that which is only living Can only die. Words, after speech, reach Into the silence. Only by the form, the pattern, Can words or music reach The stillness.
T. S. Eliot