The Family Reunion
T.S. Eliot
Top 10 Best Quotes
“We ask only to be reassured About the noises in the cellar And the window that should not have been open”
“In a world of fugitives, the person taking the opposite direction will appear to run away.”
“Shall we ever meet again? And who will meet again? Meeting is for strangers. Meeting is for those who do not know each other.”
“Thus with most careful devotion Thus with precise attention To detail, interfering preparation Of that which is already prepared Men tighten the knot of confusion Into perfect misunderstanding.”
“You have gone through life in sleep, Never woken to the nightmare. I tell you, life would be unendurable If you were wide awake.”
“It is not my conscience, Not my mind, that is diseased, but the world I have to live in.”
“Whatever you have learned, Harry, you must remember That there is always more: we cannot rest in being The impatient spectators of malice or stupidity. We must try to penetrate the other private worlds Of make-believe and fear. To rest in our own suffering Is evasion of suffering. We must learn to suffer more.”
“They don’t understand what it is to be awake, To be living on several planes at once Though one cannot speak with several voices at once.”
“There are certain points I do not yet understand: They will be clear later. I am also convinced That you only hold a fragment of the explanation. It is only because of what you do not understand That you feel the need to declare what you do. There is more to understand: hold fast to that As the way to freedom.”
“The young feel tired at the end of an action— The old, at the beginning.”
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horror, supernatural, confusion, inadequacy, freedom, knowledge, insight, awareness, understanding, work, explanation, suffering, action, futility, wisdom, intuition, misunderstanding, insecurity
