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“ There is a perfect rout of characters in every man—and every man is like an actor’s trunk, full of strange creatures, new & old. But an actor and his trunk are two different things ”

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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.

~ Wallace Stevens

Wallace Stevens Adagia Philosophy

Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake.

~ Wallace Stevens

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.

~ Wallace Stevens

Wallace Stevens Truth

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

~ Wallace Stevens

Wallace Stevens Poetry The Future Wisdom