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Decimal places

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Douglas Wilson, in Angels in the Architecture, writes of the connection between creatureliness and poetry:

Because we men cannot be God, we must learn to be good poets. (181)

And of the limits of precision compared to connotation, imagery and symbolism:

Words do not have decimal places. (191)

Written by Scott Moonen

May 26, 2010 at 6:10 am

Posted in Books, Poetry, Quotations

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