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> [“it's simple enough, really: because they give us hope. Because they give us power. Because we want to have that feeling where everything in life melts away and all you have is a pen, a paintbrush, a guitar, a lump…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-markley/it-s-simple-enough-really-because-they-give-us-hope-because-they-give/)

[Stephen Markley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-markley/)

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## More by Stephen Markley

> [“The problem with driving around Iceland is that you’re basically confronted by a new soul-enriching, breath-taking, life-affirming natural sight every five goddamn minutes. It’s…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-markley/the-problem-with-driving-around-iceland-is-that-you-re-basically/)

[Stephen Markley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-markley/)

> [“That we leave our homes, that we step through our doors to the world, that we travel our whole lives not because we want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-markley/that-we-leave-our-homes-that-we-step-through-our-doors-to-the-world/)

[Stephen Markley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-markley/)

> [“There was so little to learn from that conversation, and yet it struck me that the very existence of the conversation itself was the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-markley/there-was-so-little-to-learn-from-that-conversation-and-yet-it-struck/)

[Stephen Markley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-markley/)

> [“... but I know what I feel now so well: this restlessness, this feeling that whatever it is I'm doing, wherever I am, that's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-markley/but-i-know-what-i-feel-now-so-well-this-restlessness-this-feeling/)

[Stephen Markley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-markley/)

> [“...most of the parade's attendees clung to a notion of what their town was, what values it embodied, what hopes it carved out, though…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-markley/most-of-the-parade-s-attendees-clung-to-a-notion-of-what-their-town/)

[Stephen Markley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-markley/)

> [“it's simple enough, really: because they give us hope. Because they give us power. Because we want to have that feeling where everything in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-markley/it-s-simple-enough-really-because-they-give-us-hope-because-they-give/)

[Stephen Markley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-markley/)

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