A new word. Bright with possibilities. A flawless pearl to turn over and over in my hand, then put away for safekeeping.

Jennifer Donnelly
A new word. Bright with possibilities. A flawless pearl to...
A new word. Bright with possibilities. A flawless pearl to...
A new word. Bright with possibilities. A flawless pearl to...
A new word. Bright with possibilities. A flawless pearl to...
About This Quote

I took this quote from a book called “A Great Work of Art: And Other Thoughts on the Creative Life” by the great poet and essayist, W. H. Auden. In his essay, Auden wrote about how he discovered a new word. He describes it as “bright with possibilities.” It is a word that “turns over and over in my hand,” but he goes on to say, “I put it away for safekeeping.” The word doesn’t belong to Auden – it belongs to everyone – and we can take that word into our own hands and choose whether to put it away or turn it over and over for our own purposes.

Source: A Northern Light

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