Mary Butts Diary Entry

Thursday, 14 April 1921

 

 

 

I have an idea all the time that any man is only separated from his perfection by a razor’s edge.

     

It is easy to mistake one’s idealism for the daimon.

     

The thread through this mysticism lies exceedingly deep inside oneself. How hard it is to dig out—how easy to mistake a bright idea for it.

 

 

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