Yet we have gone on living,
Living and partly living.

T.S. Eliot

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Topic

Carrying on Life

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Chorus

Author

T.S. Eliot

Source

Murder in the Cathedral

Medium

Play

Language

English

Time

1935 1930s 20th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

United States

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Citation

Eliot, T. S. Murder in the Cathedral. 1935, Chapter House, Canterbury Cathedral, pt. 1.

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Footfalls echo in the memory
Down the passage which we did not take
Towards the door we never opened
Into the rose-garden.

T.S. Eliot

Burnt Norton

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Topic
The road not taken Grass is always greener Counterfactual history

Author

T.S. Eliot
Source
Burnt Norton Four Quartets
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1936 1930s 20th century
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Citation

Eliot, T. S. “Burnt Norton.” Collected Poems 1909–1935. Harcourt, Brace And Company, 1936, pt. 1.

Another quote from the 1930s

O, let America be America again—
The land that never has been yet—
And yet must be—the land where every man is free.

Langston Hughes

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American ideals America

Author

Langston Hughes
Source
Let America Be America Again
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1936 1930s 20th century
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Citation

Hughes, Langston. "Let America Be America Again." Esquire Magazine, July 1936.

Another quote about Life

This is your life, and it's ending one minute at a time.

Fight Club

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Topic
Carpe diem Life Death
Source
Fight Club
Medium
Film
Genre
Drama (film) Drama
Language
English
Time
1999 1990s 20th century
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Citation

Fight Club. Directed by David Fincher, Fox 2000 Pictures/Regency Enterprises/Linson Films, 1999.