Reality is not what it is. It consists of the many realities which it can be made into.
Wallace StevensOut of this same light, out of the central mind, We make a dwelling in the evening air, In which being there together is enough.
Wallace StevensLIGHT FROM WITHIN my friend, cancer got you damn it: you had it beat for seven years at least. how did it come back? Why all that pain. again. and you, such a fighter you fought me over and over with tears and words and promises. you fought for me with honesty and a light so bright it hurts my heart. sweet lorna. at peace now finally no more battles, just light from within a flickering candle in the dark burns with you.
Wallace StevensLife is an affair of people not of places. But for me, life is an affair of places and that is the trouble.
Wallace StevensIn European thought in general, as contrasted with American, vigor, life and originality have a kind of easy, professional utterance. American -- on the other hand, is expressed in an eager amateurish way. A European gives a sense of scope, of survey, of consideration. An American is strained, sensational. One is artistic gold; the other is bullion.
Wallace Stevens