"The whole meaning of the word is
looking into something with clarity and precision,
seeing each component as distinct,
and piercing all the way through
so as to perceive the most fundamental reality
of that thing."
For the word itself, try a Web search on
noteworthy phrases above.
“. . . the utterly real thing in writing is
the only thing that counts . . . ."
— Maxwell Perkins to Ernest Hemingway, Aug. 30, 1935
"168"
— Page number in a 2016 Scribner edition
of Stephen King's IT
