“After the final no there comes a yes.”

— Wallace Stevens · Courage quote

After the final no there comes a yes. — Wallace Stevens quote card

American modernist poet (1879–1955), author of Harmonium and winner of the 1955 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry.

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Source: The Well Dressed Man with a Beard, in Parts of a World (1942) · ✓ Source verified

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