As life grows more terrible, its literature grows more terrible.

Quote by Wallace Stevens

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Accuracy of observation is the equivalent of accuracy of thinking.

Accuracy of observation is the equivalent of accuracy of thinking.

Poor, dear, silly Spring, preparing her annual surprise!

Poor, dear, silly Spring, preparing her annual surprise!

Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake.

Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake.

Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake.

Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake.

The fire burns as the novel taught it how.

The fire burns as the novel taught it how.

In poetry, you must love the words, the ideas and the images and rhythms with...

In poetry, you must love the words, the ideas and the images and rhythms with...

Death is the mother of Beauty; hence from her, alone, shall come fulfillment to our...

Death is the mother of Beauty; hence from her, alone, shall come fulfillment to our...

Most people read poetry listening for echoes because the echoes are familiar to them. They...

Most people read poetry listening for echoes because the echoes are familiar to them. They...

The summer night is like a perfection of thought.

The summer night is like a perfection of thought.

After the final no there comes a yes and on that yes the future of...

After the final no there comes a yes and on that yes the future of...

The reason can give nothing at all Like the response to desire.

The reason can give nothing at all Like the response to desire.

I do not know which to prefer, The beauty of inflections, Or the beauty of...

I do not know which to prefer, The beauty of inflections, Or the beauty of...

Intolerance respecting other people's religion is toleration itself in comparison with intolerance respecting other people's...

Intolerance respecting other people's religion is toleration itself in comparison with intolerance respecting other people's...

The most beautiful thing in the world is, of course, the world itself.

The most beautiful thing in the world is, of course, the world itself.

It is the unknown that excites the ardor of scholars, who, in the known alone,...

It is the unknown that excites the ardor of scholars, who, in the known alone,...

All history is modern history

All history is modern history

There is truth in the reply of a great lawyer when asked how the lawyers...

There is truth in the reply of a great lawyer when asked how the lawyers...

Our bloom is gone. We are the fruit thereof.

Our bloom is gone. We are the fruit thereof.

Reality is not what it is. It consists of the many realities which it can...

Reality is not what it is. It consists of the many realities which it can...

The day of the sun is like the day of a king. It is a...

The day of the sun is like the day of a king. It is a...