Analysis Quote by Wallace Stevens

“It is the imagination pressing back against the pressure of reality. It seems, in the last analysis, to have something to do with our self-preservation; and that, no doubt, is why the expression of it, the sound of its words, helps us to live our lives.”

Wallace Stevens

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Analysis Doubt Expression Helping Imagination Lasts No doubt Our lives Preservation Pressure Reality Seems Self Self preservation Sound

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