This is one moment, / But know that another / Shall pierce you with a …

T. S. Eliot
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This is one moment, / But know that another / Shall pierce you with a sudden painful joy. ✨ T. S. Eliot (2014). The Complete Plays of T. S. Eliot, p.44, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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This is one moment, / But know that another / Shall pierce you with a sudden painful joy. ✨ T. S. Eliot (2014). The Complete Plays of T. S. Eliot, p.44, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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