#eliot

And indeed there will be time To wonder, 'Do I shed?' and, 'Do I shed?' Time to turn back and stretch out on the bed, And give myself a bath before I'm fed -- (They will say: 'It's the short-haired ones I prefer.') My flea collar buckled neatly in my fur, My expression cool and distant but softened by a gentle purr -- (They will say: 'I'm allergic to his fur!') Do I dare Jump up on the table? In an instant there is time For excursions and inversions that will make me seem unstable." (From The Love Song of J. Morris Housecat) ↗

— Henry N. Beard

#humor #prufrock #t-s-eliot #love

That wasn’t about you personally. It’s...I don’t hang out much alone. I mean—I don’t often hang out with guys. Alone. They usually make me... uh....” Panic, turn bright red, feel dizzy, want to vomit, stutter, stop breathing, drop things, die from the inside out, and let’s not forget head-butt the people I truly love until they require hospitalization. ↗

— Anne Eliot

#unmaking-hunter-kennedy #love

She has to live, Eliott. I owe her a lifetime of apologies.” “Sometimes I think that’s all we owe our parents. ↗

— Bethany Griffin

#eliott #parents #death

If Art does not enlarge men’s sympathies, it does nothing morally. ↗

— George Eliot

#george-eliot #literature #art

I think it was T.S. Eliot who talked about good poetry being felt before it's understood. I believe that. There are some bands where I love their lyrics but I don't have a clue what they're on about. ↗

— Marcus Mumford

#bands #before #being #believe #clue

Be first, different & daring ↗

— James D. Roumeliotis

#james-roumeliotis #business

The days were longer then (for time, like money, is measured by our needs), when summer afternoons were spacious, and the clock ticked slowly in the winter evenings. ↗

— George Eliot Middlemarch

#middlemarch #summer #time #winter #money