“There will be time to murder and create.”
(“The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”)
A very exact, precise statement on human nature and behavior methinks. Both ends of the human continuum.
A very similar powerful statement on a par with Shakespeare’s dualistic view stated by Hamlet.
“[M]urder” and “create” have many connotations, too, that expand the possible meanings and nuances of this very concise statement.
Another great Eliot/Prufrock line:
