I said to my soul, be still, and wait without hope, For hope would be …

T. S. Eliot
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I said to my soul, be still, and wait without hope, For hope would be hope for the wrong thing. ✨ 1940 Four Quartets,'East Coker', pt.1.
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I said to my soul, be still, and wait without hope, For hope would be hope for the wrong thing. ✨ 1940 Four Quartets,'East Coker', pt.1.

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