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“Icebergs behoove the soul (both being self-made from elements least visible) to see themselves: fleshed, fair, erected, indivisible.”

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Elizabeth Bishop

American poet known for her unique poetic style and profound insights into life. Elizabeth Bishop's works are renowned for their concise, straightforward language and rich emotional expression. more

“What a view, i said again. The river was blank and mindless with beauty. It was the most glorious thing I have ever seen. But it was not seeing, really. For once it was not just seeing. It was beholding. I beheld the river in its icy pit of brightness, in its far-below sound and indifference, in its large coil and tiny points and flashes of the moon, in its long sinuous form, in its uncomprehending consequence.”

Long Said Form Sound Views Seeing Moon Consequence Rivers Tiny Indifference Glorious Flash Blank Pits Brightness Mindless Icy

Book:Deliverance

Source: Deliverance

“The women of the South have brought into American literature a unique mixture of domesticity and grotesquerie.”

Literature Unique South Mixtures American Literature Domesticity

Author:James Dickey

“The body is the one thing you can't fake; it's just got to be there.”

Body One Thing Fake

Book:Deliverance

Source: Deliverance

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