The partaker partakes of that which changes him.
The child that touches takes character from the thing,
The body, it touches. The captain and his men Are one and the sailor and the sea are one.


Notes Toward a Supreme Fiction (1942) - It Must Change

Wallace Stevens Quotes

The partaker partakes of that which changes him. The child that touches takes character from the thing, The body, it touches. The captain and his men ...

The partaker partakes of that which changes him. The child that touches takes character from the thing, The body, it touches. The captain and his men ...

The partaker partakes of that which changes him. The child that touches takes character from the thing, The body, it touches. The captain and his men ...

The partaker partakes of that which changes him. The child that touches takes character from the thing, The body, it touches. The captain and his men ...