--- title: "1 Flat Voice Quotes By James Wright" description: "1 Flat Voice quotes by James Wright. Plus more from James Wright and more Flat Voice sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f0/james-wright-24093_years-ago_to-speak-in-a-flat-voice-is-all-that-i-c_229386.png" --- > [“To speak in a flat voice Is all that I can do. I have gone every place Asking for you. Wondering where to turn And how the search would end And the last streetlight spin Above me blind. Then I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-wright/to-speak-in-a-flat-voice-is-all-that-i-can-do-i-have-gone-every-place/) [James Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-wright/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f0/james-wright-24093_years-ago_to-speak-in-a-flat-voice-is-all-that-i-c_229386.png) ## More by James Wright > [“To speak in a flat voice Is all that I can do. I have gone every place Asking for you. Wondering where to turn…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-wright/to-speak-in-a-flat-voice-is-all-that-i-can-do-i-have-gone-every-place/) [James Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-wright/) > [“ A Blessing Just off the highway to Rochester, Minnesota, Twilight bounds softly forth on the grass. And the eyes of those two Indian…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-wright/a-blessing-just-off-the-highway-to-rochester-minnesota-twilight/) [James Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-wright/) > [There is this cave In the air behind my body That nobody is going to touch: A cloister, a silence Closing around a blossom…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-wright/there-is-this-cave-in-the-air-behind-my-body-that-nobody-is-going-to/) [James Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-wright/) > [Suddenly I realize That if I stepped out of my body I would break Into blossom.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-wright/suddenly-i-realize-that-if-i-stepped-out-of-my-body-i-would-break/) [James Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-wright/) > [Most of the pollution in the water already is dead animal and plant matter and building debris, ... good stagnant nursery for mosquitoes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-wright/most-of-the-pollution-in-the-water-already-is-dead-animal-and-plant/) [James Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-wright/) > [“And then, when noon comes, Each stranger Has no room left in the light Except for only his hands. Here are mine. They are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-wright/and-then-when-noon-comes-each-stranger-has-no-room-left-in-the-light/) [James Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-wright/) > [Lying in a Hammock at William Duffy’s Farm in Pine Island, Minnesota](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-wright/lying-in-a-hammock-at-william-duffy-s-farm-in-pine-island-minnesota/) [James Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-wright/) > [Look: I am nothing. I do not even have ashes to rub into my eyes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-wright/look-i-am-nothing-i-do-not-even-have-ashes-to-rub-into-my-eyes/) [James Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-wright/) > [“Good evening charlie, yes I know you rise, two lean grey spiders drifting through your eyes.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-wright/good-evening-charlie-yes-i-know-you-rise-two-lean-grey-spiders/) [james wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-wright/) > [“In a pine tree, A few yards away from my window sill, A brilliant blue jay is springing up and down, up and down,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-wright/in-a-pine-tree-a-few-yards-away-from-my-window-sill-a-brilliant-blue/) [James Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-wright/) > [I write abundantly. And then my next step is to struggle to reduce the ornament, to reduce the abundance-to prune the book, in other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-wright/i-write-abundantly-and-then-my-next-step-is-to-struggle-to-reduce-the/) [James Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-wright/) > [Practice good personal hygiene. Wash your hands before you eat. Be aware of good clean water and food sources.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-wright/practice-good-personal-hygiene-wash-your-hands-before-you-eat-be/) [James Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-wright/) > [“I would rather live my life than not live it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-wright/i-would-rather-live-my-life-than-not-live-it/) [James Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-wright/) > [I asked the Mesquite coach who he thought the best team in Mesquite is. He said they were about even.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-wright/i-asked-the-mesquite-coach-who-he-thought-the-best-team-in-mesquite/) [James Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-wright/) > [Poetry can keep life itself alive. You can endure almost anything as long as you can sing about it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-wright/poetry-can-keep-life-itself-alive-you-can-endure-almost-anything-as/) [James Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-wright/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/flat-voice/james-wright/#itemlist", "name": "1 Flat Voice Quotes By James Wright", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“To speak in a flat voice Is all that I can do. I have gone every place Asking for you. 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