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So, the world happens twice-- once what we see it as second it legends itself deep, the way it is.
William Stafford
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William Stafford
Age: 79 †
Born: 1914
Born: January 17
Died: 1993
Died: August 28
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Kids: they dance before they learn there is anything that isn't music.
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A writer is not so much someone who has something to say as he is someone who has found a process that will bring about new things he would not have thought of if he had not started to say them.
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It is this impulse to change the quality of experience that I recognize as central to creation. . . . Out of all that could be done, you choose one thing. What that one thing is, nothing else can tell you--you come at it over unmarked snow.
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You were aimed from birth: you will never be alone... The whole wide world pours down.
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You can treat experience as a set of surprises on which to exercise your quirky self.
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The signals we give-yes or no, or maybe-/should be clear/the darkness around us is deep.
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When the snake decided to go straight, he didn't get anywhere.
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Let the bucket of memory down into the well, bring it up. Cool, cool minutes. No one stirring, no plans. Just being there.
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And the things you know before you hear them these are you and the reason you are in the world.
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One way to find your place is like the rain, a million requests for lodging, one that wins, finds your cheek: you find your home.
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Once we have tasted far streams, touched the gold, found some limit beyond the waterfall, a season changes and we come back changed but safe, quiet, grateful.
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You shouldn't have standards that inhibit you from writing It really doesn't make any difference if you are good or bad today. The assessment of the product is something that happens after you've done it.
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Wisdom is having things right in your life and knowing why.
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Keep a journal, and don't assume that your work has to accomplish anything worthy: artists and peace-workers are in it for the long haul, and not to be judged by immediate results.
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