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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Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go. – T.S. Eliot

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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

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What would there be in a story of happiness? Only what prepares it, only what destroys it can be told. – André Gide

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You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you. – Ray Bradbury

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The time to begin writing an article is when you have finished it to your satisfaction. By that time you begin to clearly and logically perceive what it is you really want to say. – Mark Twain

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The most beautiful things are those that madness prompts and reason writes. – André Gide, Journals, 1894

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