Quotes by : William Stafford

They say that history is going on somewhere.They say it won't stop. I have heldOne picture still for....

When a goat likes a book, the whole book is gone,and the meaning has to go find an author again.- The....

So, the world happens twice--once what we see it as;second it legends itselfdeep, the way it is.

I heard a bird congratulating itselfall day for being a jay.Nobody cared. But it was gladall over again,....

I keep following this sort of hidden river of my life, you know, whatever the topic or impulse which....

If you don't know the kind of person I amand I don't know the kind of person you area pattern that others....

They miss the whisper that runsany day in your mind,"Who are you really, wanderer?"--and the answer you....

The ocean and I have many pebbles To find and wash off and roll into shape.

I Have a Witness" Sometimes a center the soul can recognize will speak from anywhere , inside a mountain,....

Kids: they dance before they learn there is anything that isn't music