Four Quartets

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I recently rediscovered Thomas Stearns Eliot a.k.a. TS Eliot. Couldn't resist posting some of the lines, considering the sheer joy in just reading his work, especially Four Quartets. I can't claim to understand it all, but each line has so many realms it touches, that one could just be reeling with couple of lines a day.

My current favourite are the following lines from the first part of the Four Quartets titles Burnt Norton:

Time present and time past
Are both perhaps present in time future,
And time future contained in time past.
If all time is eternally present
All time is unredeemable.

If only we could really understand the depth of time, and utilize it wisely, without repent, we would all be happier people ! 

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