It's strange that words are so inadequate. Yet, like the asthmatic str…

T. S. Eliot
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It's strange that words are so inadequate. Yet, like the asthmatic struggling for breath, so the lover must struggle for words. ✨ T.S. Eliot (2011). The Complete Poems and Plays of T. S. Eliot, p.574, Faber & Faber
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It's strange that words are so inadequate. Yet, like the asthmatic struggling for breath, so the lover must struggle for words. ✨ T.S. Eliot (2011). The Complete Poems and Plays of T. S. Eliot, p.574, Faber & Faber

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