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T. S. Eliot Quotes
It is obvious that we can no more explain a passion to a person who has never experienced it than we can explain light to the blind.
T. S. Eliot

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Poet Quotes
Category:
American Poet Quotes
Date of Birth:
September 26, 1888
Date of Death:
January 4, 1965
Nationality:
American
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