As things are, and as fundamentally they must always be,...
Quote by Thomas Stearns Eliot about poetry, waste, value, games, career, poets, nothing, things, time, life
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As things are, and as fundamentally they must always be, poetry is not a career, but a mug's game. No honest poet can ever feel quite sure of the permanent value of what he has written: He may have wasted his time and messed up his life for nothing.
Thomas Stearns EliotQuote by Thomas Stearns Eliot about poetry, waste, value, games, career, poets, nothing, things, time, life.