Thursday, February 5, 2009

Infatuations with Prufrock

I adore many phrases from "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"; following is the list of worthy (or what I think are worthy) quotations:

"Slipped by the terrace, made a sudden leap,
And seeing that it was a soft October night,
Curled once about the house, and fell asleep."

"There will be a time to murder and create"

"Do I dare
Disturb the universe?
In a minute there is time
For decisions and revisions which a minute will reverse.:

"I have measured my life with coffee spoons;"

And finally, I am completely infatuated with the final stanza:

"We have lingered in the chambers of the sea
By sea- girls wreathed with seaweed red and brown
Till human voices wake us, and we drown."

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