Jay WoodmanThe steady soul and the ego pretender / walk with their arms round each other's shoulders / through the mirage.
About This Quote
The steady soul and the ego pretender / walk with their arms round each other's shoulders / through the mirage. This is a poem by Irish poet William Butler Yeats. The image of two people walking together, barely touching, is a metaphor for their relationship. In this way, they are like a pair of lovers who know they can't get together, but they also know that they have to be close in order to get through life's problems. They are together for today, but that doesn't mean that they will ever be together in the future.
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