And the wind shall say:
"Here were decent godless people:
Their only monument the asphalt road
And a thousand lost golf balls."

T.S. Eliot

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Topic

Disenchanted world Modern life

Speaker

Second Male Voice

Author

T.S. Eliot

Source

The Rock

Medium

Play

Language

English

Time

1934 1930s 20th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

United States

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Eliot, T. S. The Rock. 1934, Sadler's Wells Theatre, London, England, UK, 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
Authentication Score 3
Citation

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

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Although human life is priceless, we always act as if something had an even greater price than life…but what is that something?

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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Topic
What really matters Value of life
Speaker
Riviere

Author

Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Source
Night Flight
Medium
Novel
Statement Type
Question
Language
French
Time
1931 1930s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

De Saint-Exupery, Antoine. Vol de Nuit [Night Flight]. Éditions Gallimard, 1931, ch. 14.