"There has to be a known end to the solitude. You have to know it's temporary for it to be enjoyed."
–– Iain Reid (b. 1981), Canadian writer
Source: Iain Reid. The Truth About Luck: What I learned on my road trip with grandma. Toronto: House of Anansi Press, 2013; p. 84.
via: Commonplace Book, 2013-2014, 2014, p. 100.
"Old men ought to be explorers
Here or there does not matter
We must be still and still moving
Into another intensity
For a further union, a deeper communion
Through the dark cold and empty desolation,
The wave cry, the wind cry, the vast waters
Of the petrel and the porpoise. In my end is my beginning."
T.S. Eliot. Four Quartets: East Coker V excerpt
–– T.S. Eliot (1888-1965), American-born British author
via: Sketchbook A (oatmeal), 2015, p. 10
"Too many pieces finish long after the end."
–– Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971), Russian-born French and American composer, pianist, and conductor
via Sketchbook 15, 2011, p. 10
"What we call the beginning is often the end
And to make an end is to make a beginning
The end is where we start from."
–– T.S. Eliot (1888-1965), American-born British author
via Sketchbook 9, 2009, p. 55
