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It's love,' they say. You touch the right one and a whole half of the universe wakes up, a new half.

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William Stafford
Age: 79 †
Born: 1914
Born: January 17
Died: 1993
Died: August 28
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Love
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An owl sound wandered along the road with me. I didn't hear it--I breathed it into my ears.
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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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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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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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What you have to do as a writer is . . . write day in and day out no matter what happens.
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A writer is someone who has found a process that will bring about new things.
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So, the world happens twice-- once what we see it as second it legends itself deep, the way it is.
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Please think about this as you go on. Breathe on the world. Hold out your hands to it. When morning and evenings roll along, watch how they open and close, how they invite you to the long party that your life is.
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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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When you allow me to live with you, every glance at the world around you will be a sort of salvation.
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The ocean and I have many pebbles To find and wash off and roll into shape.
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A student comes to me with a piece of writing, holds it out, says, 'Is this good?' A whole sequence of emergencies goes off in my mind. That's not a question to ask anyone but yourself.
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Even the upper end of the river believes in the ocean.
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Will you ever bring a better gift for the world than the breathing respect that you carry wherever you go right now?
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