T. S. Eliot Quotes


The name that no human research can discover-- But THE CAT HIMSELF KNOWS, and will never confess. When you notice a cat in profound meditation, The reason, I tell you, is always the same: His mind is engaged in a rapt contemplation Of the thought, of the thought, of the thought of his name: His ineffable effable Effanineffable Deep and inscrutable singular Name.


Citations

Eliot, T. S. Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats. Faber and Faber, 1939, p. 11.

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T. S. Eliot
T. S. Eliot
  • Born: September 26, 1888
  • Died: January 4, 1965
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Poet

Thomas Stearns Eliot OM was a poet, essayist, publisher, playwright, literary critic and editor. Considered one of the 20th century's major poets, he is a central figure in English-language Modernist poetry.