"I wonder, if in our modern, literal-minded age, being able to declare "what I do not see I do not know" is a mark, even a cornerstone, of a poet's faith. I do not mean that we're pragmatists, like Thomas, who asked to see and touch Christ's wounds, but rather that writing teaches us to recognize when we have reached the limits of our language, and our knowing, and are dependent on our senses to "know" for us."
Kathleen Norris
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