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It is not everyday that the world arranges itself into a poem.

Wallace Stevens

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Wallace Stevens
Age: 75 †
Born: 1879
Born: October 2
Died: 1955
Died: August 2
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After one has abandoned a belief in God, poetry is that essence which takes its place as life's redemption.
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Accuracy of observation is the equivalent of accuracy of thinking.
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Man is an eternal sophomore.
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An old argument with me is that the true religious force in the world is not the church, but the world itself: the mysterious callings of Nature and our responses.
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