Quote by T.S. Eliot
The purpose of literature is to turn blood into ink. - T.S. Eliot

The purpose of literature is to turn blood into ink. – T.S. Eliot

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In a minute there is time for decisions and revisions which a minute will reverse. – T.S. Eliot

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