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“They walked on, without knowing in what direction. There was too much to be thought, and felt, and said, for attention to any other objects.”
― Pride and Prejudice
― Pride and Prejudice
“I would not wish Any companion in the world but you, Nor can imagination form a shape, Besides yourself, to like of.”
― The Tempest
― The Tempest
“In my beginning is my end. In succession
Houses rise and fall, crumble, are extended,
Are removed, destroyed, restored, or in their place
Is an open field, or a factory, or a by-pass.
Old stone to new building, old timber to new fires,
Old fires to ashes, and ashes to the earth
Which is already flesh, fur and faeces,
Bone of man and beast, cornstalk and leaf.
from "East Coker”
― Four Quartets
Houses rise and fall, crumble, are extended,
Are removed, destroyed, restored, or in their place
Is an open field, or a factory, or a by-pass.
Old stone to new building, old timber to new fires,
Old fires to ashes, and ashes to the earth
Which is already flesh, fur and faeces,
Bone of man and beast, cornstalk and leaf.
from "East Coker”
― Four Quartets
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