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“ He heard her low accord,Half prayer and half ditty,And He felt a subtle quiver,That was not heavenly love,Or pity.This is not writIn any book. ”

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The final belief is to believe in a fiction, which you know to be a fiction, there being nothing else. The exquisite truth is to know that it is a fiction and that you believe in it willingly.

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Wallace Stevens Adagia Philosophy

Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake.

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Wallace Stevens Poetry Truth

I am the truth, since I am part of what is real, but neither more nor less than those around me.

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Wallace Stevens Truth

After the final no there comes a yes / And on that yes the future world depends.

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Wallace Stevens Poetry The Future Wisdom