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William Stafford Quotes

«Exactly at midnightyesterday sighs away.»
«And sometimes when they look in the firethey see time going on and someone alone,but they don't say anything.»
«All right. I listen. My life sinks a littlefarther, for the pity; from now on I know itwith them. We'll take a stand, wherever the end is.We go forward by this quiet sharing,they one way, I another. I am their promise:no one else is going to know.»
Author: William Stafford | Keywords: go forward, sinks
«It is time for all the heroes to go homeif they have any, time for all of us common onesto locate ourselves by the real thingswe live by.»
Author: William Stafford | Keywords: go home, locate, located
«Well, it was yesterday. And the sun came,WhyIt came.»
«You don't need many words if you already know what you're talking about.»
«Shelter in winter that day --a storm coming, but in the leeof an island in a cover with friends --oh, little bright cup of sun.»
Author: William Stafford | Keywords: an island, shelter
«Leave sound in an emptyhouse in its own room there. . . .»
«For it is important that awake people be awake,or a breaking line may discourage them back to sleep;the signals we give -- yes or no, or maybe --should be clear: the darkness around us is deep.»
Author: William Stafford | Keywords: discourage
«Our Father Who art in Heavencan lick their Father Who art in Heaven.»
Author: William Stafford | Keywords: lick

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