Thomas Love PeacockI like the immaterial world. I like to live among thoughts and images of the past and the possible, and even of the impossible, now and then.
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The quote, “I like the immaterial world” is a statement by the great poet Tennessee Williams. The poem “The immaterial world” speaks of the intangible nature of the mind, where one can only see the possibilities that they cannot touch.
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