There is not a more repulsive spectacle than on old man who will not forsake the world, which has already forsaken him.
T. S. EliotI said to my soul, be still, and wait without hope, For hope would be hope for the wrong thing.
T. S. EliotTaking the question in general, I should say, in the case of many poets, that the most important thing for them to do ... is to write as little as possible
T. S. EliotThe Pekes and the Pollicles, everyone knows, Are proud and implacable, passionate foes; It is always the same, wherever one goes. And the Pugs and the Poms, although most people say that they do not like fighting, will often display Every symptom of wanting to join in the fray. And they Bark bark bark bark bark bark Until you can hear them all over the park.
T. S. Eliot