Carolina QuotesI see at last that all the knowledgeI wrung from the darkness — that the darkness flung me — Is worthless as ignorance: nothing comes from nothing, The darkness from the darkness. Pain comes from the darkness And we call it wisdom. It is pain.
Randall Jarrell Carolinian
Source
"90 North," lines 28-32
- work
- Blood for a Stranger (1942)
- year
- 1942
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“I see at last that all the knowledgeI wrung from the darknes…” Randall Jarrell. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-9323026895. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/9323026895
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