“These fragments I have shored against my ruins”
― The Waste Land and Other Poems
― The Waste Land and Other Poems
“A mistake constantly made by those who should know better is to judge people of the past by our standards rather than their own. The only way men or women can be judged is against the canvas of their own time.”
― Education of a Wandering Man: A Memoir
― Education of a Wandering Man: A Memoir
“As a woman I have no country. As a woman I want no country. As a woman, my country is the whole world.”
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“As our eyes grow accustomed to sight they armour themselves against wonder. ”
― The Favorite Game
― The Favorite Game
“It's like Tolstoy said. Happiness is an allegory, unhappiness a story.”
― Kafka on the Shore
― Kafka on the Shore
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