The difference between being an elder statesman And posing successfully as an elder statesman Is practically negligible.

The historical sense involves a perception, not only of the pastness of the past, but of its presence

not fare well, but fare forward

The remarkable thing about television is that it permits several million people to laugh at the same joke and still feel lonely.

The past and future / Are conquered, and reconciled.

April is the cruelest month, breeding lilacs out of the dead land, mixing memory and desire, stirring dull roots with spring rain.

Humankind cannot stand reality.