Most editors are failed writers — but so are most writers. – T.S. Eliot
The purpose of literature is to turn blood into ink. – T.S. Eliot
Humankind cannot bear very much reality. – T.S. Eliot
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. Eliot
Most of the trouble in the world is caused by people wanting to be important. – T.S. Eliot
Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go. – T.S. Eliot
For us, there is only the trying. The rest is not our business. – T.S. Eliot
In a minute there is time for decisions and revisions which a minute will reverse. – T.S. Eliot
I have measured out my life with coffee spoons. – T.S. Eliot
You are the music while the music lasts. – T.S. Eliot
