That willing suspension of disbelief for the moment, which constitutes…

Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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That willing suspension of disbelief for the moment, which constitutes poetic faith. ✨ Biographia Literaria ch. 14 (1817)
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That willing suspension of disbelief for the moment, which constitutes poetic faith. ✨ Biographia Literaria ch. 14 (1817)

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