There are. . . intangible realities which float near us, formless and without words; realities which no one has thought out, and which are excluded for lack of interpreters.
Source: In On Writing and Writers, in Adam, no. 299 (London), 1962.
-- Natalie Clifford Barney, (Oct 31 1876-1972), US author; She was hostess of a celebrated Parisian literary salon, 1920s-1930s; wrote risque memoirs.