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Literature is not a picture of life, but is a separate experience with its own kind of flow and enhancement.
William Stafford
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William Stafford
Age: 79 †
Born: 1914
Born: January 17
Died: 1993
Died: August 28
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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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