T. S. Eliot Quotes

You neglect and belittle the desert. The desert is not remote in southern tropics The desert is not only around the corner, The desert is squeezed in the tube-train next to you, The desert is in the heart of your brother.

T. S. Eliot

• Heart
• Brother
• Desert

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• You neglect and belittle the desert. The desert is not remote in southern tropics The desert is not only around the corner, The desert is squeezed in the tube-train next to you, The desert is in the heart of your brother.

  

  T. S. Eliot
  • Heart
  • Brother
  • Desert