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The Cocktail Party

A modern verse play about the search for meaning, in which a psychiatrist is the catalyst for the action. “An authentic modern masterpiece” (New York Post). “Eliot really does portray real-seeming characters. He cuts down his poetic effects to the mi

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T. S. Eliot (7)

“What we know of other people is only our memory of the moments during which we knew them.”

— T. S. Eliot, amazon.com

Tagged: Memory, Relationships, Identity

“I learn a good deal by merely observing you, And letting you talk as long as you please, And taking note of what you do not say.”

— T. S. Eliot, amazon.com

Tagged: Observing, talking, Details, Personality, Learning Through Observing

“What we know of other people is only our memory of the moments during which we knew them. And they have changed since then.”

— T. S. Eliot, amazon.com

Tagged: Impressions, Knowing, Expectations, Change

“We die to each other daily. What we know of other people is only our memory of the moments during which we knew them. And they have changed since then. To pretend that they and we are the same is a useful and convenient social convention which must sometimes be broken. We must also remember that at…”

— T. S. Eliot, amazon.com

Tagged: Strangers, Meeting People, Acquaintance, Forgetting, Change

“I learn a great deal by merely observing you, and letting you talk as long as you please, and taking note of what you do not say.”

— T. S. Eliot, amazon.com

Tagged: Language, Observing

“What we know of other people is only our memory of the moments during which we knew them.”

— T. S. Eliot, amazon.com

Tagged: People Change

“Every moment is a fresh beginning.”

— T. S. Eliot, amazon.com

Tagged: New, Make It New