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T. S. Eliot Quotes: They don't understand what it is to be awake, / To be living on several planes at once / Though one cannot speak with several voices at once.
         

They don't understand what it is to be awake, / To be living on several planes at once / Though one cannot speak with several voices at once.


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This page presents the quote "They don't understand what it is to be awake, / To be living on several planes at once / Though one cannot speak with several voices at once.". Author of this quote is T. S. Eliot. This quote is about awake, voice, speak, living on, planes, awareness,.