--- title: "1 Darkening Quotes By Richard Brautigan" description: "1 Darkening quotes by Richard Brautigan. Plus more from Richard Brautigan and more Darkening sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/863/richard-brautigan-2765_america_i-had-become-so-quiet-and-so-small-in-th_467753.jpg" --- > [I had become so quiet and so small in the grass by the pond that I was barely noticeable, hardly there. I sat there watching their living room shining out of the dark beside the pond. It looked like a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-brautigan/i-had-become-so-quiet-and-so-small-in-the-grass-by-the-pond-that-i/) [Richard Brautigan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-brautigan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/863/richard-brautigan-2765_america_i-had-become-so-quiet-and-so-small-in-th_467753.jpg) ## More by Richard Brautigan > [I daydream about a high school where everybody plays the harmonica: the students, the teachers, the principal, the janitor and the cook in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-brautigan/i-daydream-about-a-high-school-where-everybody-plays-the-harmonica/) [Richard Brautigan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-brautigan/) > [“The river loved to tell everybody (everybody being the sky, the wind, the few trees that grew around there, birds, deer and even the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-brautigan/the-river-loved-to-tell-everybody-everybody-being-the-sky-the-wind/) [Richard Brautigan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-brautigan/) > [“I guess some people lived like Reader's Digest, but I hadn't met any and at that time it seemed doubtful that I ever would”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-brautigan/i-guess-some-people-lived-like-reader-s-digest-but-i-hadn-t-met-any/) [Richard Brautigan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-brautigan/) > [“The Beautiful Poem" I go to bed in Los Angeles thinking about you. Pissing a few moments ago I looked down at my penis…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-brautigan/the-beautiful-poem-i-go-to-bed-in-los-angeles-thinking-about-you/) [Richard Brautigan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-brautigan/) > [I didn't know the full dimensions of forever, but I knew it was longer than waiting for Christmas to come.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-brautigan/i-didn-t-know-the-full-dimensions-of-forever-but-i-knew-it-was-longer/) [Richard Brautigan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-brautigan/) > [“Alas, Measured Perfectly" Saturday, August 25, 1888. 5:20 P.M. is the name of a photograph of two old women in a front yard, beside…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-brautigan/alas-measured-perfectly-saturday-august-25-1888-5-20-p-m-is-the-name/) [Richard Brautigan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-brautigan/) > [“Congratulations," I said. "It's so wonderful to write a book." "I walked all the way here," she said. "I started at midnight. I would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-brautigan/congratulations-i-said-it-s-so-wonderful-to-write-a-book-i-walked-all/) [Richard Brautigan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-brautigan/) > [“My Name “I guess you are kind of curious as to who I am, but I am one of those who do not have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-brautigan/my-name-i-guess-you-are-kind-of-curious-as-to-who-i-am-but-i-am-one/) [Richard Brautigan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-brautigan/) > [I had become so quiet and so small in the grass by the pond that I was barely noticeable, hardly there. I sat there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-brautigan/i-had-become-so-quiet-and-so-small-in-the-grass-by-the-pond-that-i/) [Richard Brautigan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-brautigan/) > [“I’m haunted by all the space that I will live without you.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-brautigan/i-m-haunted-by-all-the-space-that-i-will-live-without-you/) [Richard Brautigan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-brautigan/) > [Once upon a time there was a dwarf knight who only had fifty words to live in and they were so fleeting that he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-brautigan/once-upon-a-time-there-was-a-dwarf-knight-who-only-had-fifty-words-to/) [Richard Brautigan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-brautigan/) > [“I feel horrible. She doesn't love me and I wander around the house like a sewing machine that's just finished sewing a turd to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-brautigan/i-feel-horrible-she-doesn-t-love-me-and-i-wander-around-the-house/) [Richard Brautigan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-brautigan/) > [Like some kind of strange vacuum cleaner I tried to console him. I recited the same old litanies that you say to people when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-brautigan/like-some-kind-of-strange-vacuum-cleaner-i-tried-to-console-him-i/) [Richard Brautigan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-brautigan/) > [This morning I saw a coyote walking through the sagebrush right at the very edge of the ocean ― next stop China. The coyote…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-brautigan/this-morning-i-saw-a-coyote-walking-through-the-sagebrush-right-at/) [Richard Brautigan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-brautigan/) > [Love Poem ـــــــــ It's so nice to wake up in the morning all alone and not have to tell somebody you love them when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-brautigan/love-poem-it-s-so-nice-to-wake-up-in-the-morning-all-alone-and-not/) [Richard Brautigan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-brautigan/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/darkening/richard-brautigan/#itemlist", "name": "1 Darkening Quotes By Richard Brautigan", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I had become so quiet and so small in the grass by the pond that I was barely noticeable, hardly there. 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