The Waste Land : Quotations
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Quotations
Quotes
“A heap of broken images, where the sun beats,
And the dead tree gives no shelter, the cricket no relief.”
“Here is no water but only rock,
Rock and no water and the sandy road.”
“Madame Sosostris, …,
Is known to be the wisest woman in Europe,
With a wicked pack of cards.”
“Unreal City,
Under the brown fog of a winter dawn,”
“… There is the empty chapel, only the wind’s home.
It has no windows, and the door swings,
Dry bones can harm no one.”
“I sat upon the shore Fishing, with the arid plain behind me,
Shall I at least set my lands in order?”
“First Da: Datta = Give.
Second Da: Dayadhvam = Sympathize.
Third Da: Damyata = Control.”
“And I Tiresias ……;
I who have sat by Thebes below the wall
And walked among the lowest of the dead.”
“To Carthage then I came
Burning burning burning burning
O Lord Thou pluckest me out
O Lord Thou pluckest burning”
Winter kept us warm, covering earth in forgetful snow.”
“A crowd flowed over London Bridge, so many,
I had not thought death had undone so many.”
“My nerves are bad tonight.
Yes, bad. Stay with me.
Speak to me.
Why do you never speak?”
“The typist home at teatime, clears her breakfast, lights
Her stove, and lays out food in tins.”
“Phlebas the Phoenician, a fortnight dead,
Forgot the cry of gulls, and the deep sea swell