The last thing one discovers in composing a work is what to put first.
From T. S. Eliot
Every experience is a paradox in that it means to be absolute, and yet is relative; in that it somehow always goes beyond itself and yet never escapes itself.
The tiger springs in the new year. Us he devours.
A toothache, or a violent passion, is not necessarily diminished by our knowledge of its causes, its character, its importance or insignificance.
I had seen birth and death but had thought they were different.
I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.
Business today consists in persuading crowds.
There is no method but to be very intelligent.
Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.
The last temptation is the greatest treason: to do the right deed for the wrong reason.
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