“It is, then, a sudden realization of thing in all its full and unique significance, ‘an explosion out of darkness … a kind of mystical experience when a part of the veil shrouding the mystery of the world was suddenly drawn aside so that the true nature of things seemed revealed’ … a sudden spiritual manifestation, whether in the vulgarity of speech or of gesture or memorable phrase of the mind itself. He believed it was for the man of letters to record these epiphanies with extreme care (saving them for later use, that is), seeing that they themselves are the most delicate and evanescent of moments.”