[lit-ideas] Re: Eliot
- From: Teemu Pyyluoma <teme17@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 5 Jun 2005 12:08:35 -0700 (PDT)
--- Andreas Ramos <andreas@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Graduation cards hereabouts and quotation sites
> agree that T.S. Eliot said,
> > "Only those who will risk going too far can
> possibly find out how far one
> > can go." I'm no Eliot expert. I'd like to know
> what the context for this
> > statement was.
>
> He said it to Wilma Buttermesser.
>
> The context? He was trying to get her in bed.
>
Which Andreas easily deduced from the principle that
lust is the mother of banality. Permission to print
that on a card will be auctioned on eBay shortly.
Cheers,
Teemu
Helsinki, Finland
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