Wilfrid Sheed Quote

It's the old case against symbols: if you get them, they seem obvious and artificial, and if you don't, you miss the whole point.

Walker Percy Redivivus" (1971), p. 130 - The Good Word & Other Words (1978)

It's the old case against symbols: if you get them, they seem obvious and artificial, and if you don't, you miss the whole point.

It's the old case against symbols: if you get them, they seem obvious and artificial, and if you don't, you miss the whole point.

It's the old case against symbols: if you get them, they seem obvious and artificial, and if you don't, you miss the whole point.

It's the old case against symbols: if you get them, they seem obvious and artificial, and if you don't, you miss the whole point.