“And would it have been worth it, after all,
Would it have been worth while,
After the sunsets and the dooryards and the sprinkled streets,
After the novels, after the teacups, after the skirts that trail along the floor -
And this, and so much more? -”
― The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock and Other Poems
Would it have been worth while,
After the sunsets and the dooryards and the sprinkled streets,
After the novels, after the teacups, after the skirts that trail along the floor -
And this, and so much more? -”
― The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock and Other Poems
“I love reading another reader’s list of favorites. Even when I find I do not share their tastes or predilections, I am provoked to compare, contrast, and contradict. It is a most healthy exercise, and one altogether fruitful.”
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“Where is the Life we have lost in living? Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?”
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“If you haven’t the strength to impose your own terms upon life, then you must accept the terms it offers you.”
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“Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.”
― Transit of Venus
― Transit of Venus
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