T. S. Eliot Quotes

O you who turn the wheel and look to windward, Consider Phlebas, who was once handsome and tall as you.

T. S. Eliot

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• I often feel that I have a split personality. I love more than anything to be in my study writing, but when it's time to do a book tour, I love that extroverted part, too - talking to people, reading, traveling, going out into the world.

  

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• O you who turn the wheel and look to windward, Consider Phlebas, who was once handsome and tall as you.

  

  T. S. Eliot