Quote #46626
Marvelous Truth, confront us
at every turn,
in every guise.
at every turn,
in every guise.
Denise Levertov
About This Quote
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Interpretation
The lines suggest an epiphanic view of reality: “truth” is not rare or sequestered but continually encountered, arriving unexpectedly (“at every turn”) and in multiple forms (“in every guise”). The capitalization of “Marvelous Truth” gives it the force of a presence—almost a visitation—implying that perception and attentiveness are required to recognize it. Read in the spirit of Levertov’s recurrent concerns, the passage can be taken as an invitation to a disciplined openness to the world, where the ordinary and the variously masked become occasions for revelation, ethical clarity, or spiritual insight.


