It can never be satisfied, the mind, never.

Quote by Wallace Stevens

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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...

Money is a kind of poetry.

Money is a kind of poetry.

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

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

How full of trifles everything is! It is only one's thoughts that fill a room...

How full of trifles everything is! It is only one's thoughts that fill a room...

Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake.

Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake.

Thought is an infection. In the case of certain thoughts, it becomes an epidemic.

Thought is an infection. In the case of certain thoughts, it becomes an epidemic.

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...

A poet looks at the world the way a man looks at a woman.

A poet looks at the world the way a man looks at a woman.

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

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

We say God and the imagination are one... How high that highest candle lights the...

We say God and the imagination are one... How high that highest candle lights the...

Style is not something applied. It is something that permeates. It is of the nature...

Style is not something applied. It is something that permeates. It is of the nature...

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...

All history is modern history

All history is modern history

A poem need not have a meaning and like most things in nature often does...

A poem need not have a meaning and like most things in nature often does...

Our bloom is gone. We are the fruit thereof.

Our bloom is gone. We are the fruit thereof.

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 only emperor is the emperor of ice cream.

The only emperor is the emperor of ice cream.

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,...

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...

Everything is complicated; if that were not so, life and poetry and everything else would...

Everything is complicated; if that were not so, life and poetry and everything else would...