Our emotions Are only “incidents” In the effort to keep day and night …

T. S. Eliot
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Our emotions Are only “incidents” In the effort to keep day and night together. ✨ T.S. Eliot (2011). The Complete Poems and Plays of T. S. Eliot, p.184, Faber & Faber
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Our emotions Are only “incidents” In the effort to keep day and night together. ✨ T.S. Eliot (2011). The Complete Poems and Plays of T. S. Eliot, p.184, Faber & Faber

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