“Imagination is the highest kite that can fly.”
Lauren Bacall (1924–2014) American actress, model
Source: Lauren Bacall By Myself and Then Some (2005)
“Can imagination act
Perpendicular to fact?
Can it be a kite that flies
Till the Earth, umbrella-wise,
Folds and drops away from sight?”
"Imagination" in America Sings (1949); re-published in Pearls From Peoria (2006)
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Folds and dro…" by Philip José Farmer?
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Will He say me nay?
Not till earth, and not till heaven
Pass away.”
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