What did Wallace Stevens mean by: The house was quiet and the world was calm. The reader became the book. Wallace Stevens Poet · USA Copy
+ Just as my fingers on these keys make music, so the self-same sounds on my spirit make a music too. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, Wallace Stevens, Connection, Expression, Music, 0 Wallace Stevens Poet · USA
+ It is not everyday that the world arranges itself into a poem. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, Wallace Stevens, Beauty, Perception, Rarity, 0 Wallace Stevens Poet · USA
+ How has the human spirit ever survived the terrific literature with which it has had to contend? Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, Wallace Stevens, Endurance, Impact, Resilience, 0 Wallace Stevens Poet · USA
+ We live in an old chaos of the sun. Author, August 4, 2023January 2, 2025, Wallace Stevens, Chaos, Nature, Time, 0 Wallace Stevens Poet · USA
+ The world about us would be desolate except for the world within us. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, Wallace Stevens, Introspection, 0 Wallace Stevens Poet · USA
+ The exceeding brightness of this early sun Makes me conceive how dark I have become. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, Wallace Stevens, Brightness, Darkness, Self-awareness, 0 Wallace Stevens Poet · USA
+ The philosopher proves that the philosopher exists. The poet merely enjoys existence. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, Wallace Stevens, Enjoyment, Existence, Philosophy, 0 Wallace Stevens Poet · USA
+ I am what is around me. Author, July 23, 2023January 2, 2025, Wallace Stevens, Environment, Identity, Influence, 0 Wallace Stevens Poet · USA
If you can attain repose and calm, believe that you have seized happiness. Jeanne Julie Eleonore de Lespinasse Salon hostess · France
But I care about the reader, and I’m trying to keep the reader’s attention for as long as I can. Jeffrey Eugenides Author
Be the light in the dark, be the calm in the storm and be at peace while at war. Read explanation Michael Dolan Author
