When the Stranger says: 'What is the meaning of this city ? Do you huddle close together because you love each other?' What will you answer? 'We all dwell together To make money from each other'? or 'This is a community'?
More from Thomas Stearns Eliot
And the wind shall say: 'Here were decent godless people: Their only monument the asphalt road And a thousand lost golf balls.'
Permalink to quote #81 Oh my soul, be prepared for the coming of the Stranger. Be prepared for him who knows how to ask questions.
Permalink to quote #83 I have given you the power of choice, and you only alternate Between futile speculation and unconsidered action.
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