--- title: "1 Know Stories Quotes By Richard Wagamese" description: "1 Know Stories quotes by Richard Wagamese. Plus more from Richard Wagamese and more Know Stories sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/57f/richard-wagamese-23762_breathing_use-the-act-of-breathing-to-shape-air-in_409312.jpg" --- > [“Use the act of breathing to shape air into sounds that take on the context of language that lifts and transports those who hear it, takes them beyond what they think and how they feel and empowers them to think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-wagamese/use-the-act-of-breathing-to-shape-air-into-sounds-that-take-on-the/) [Richard Wagamese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-wagamese/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/57f/richard-wagamese-23762_breathing_use-the-act-of-breathing-to-shape-air-in_409312.jpg) ## More by Richard Wagamese > [“Use the act of breathing to shape air into sounds that take on the context of language that lifts and transports those who hear…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-wagamese/use-the-act-of-breathing-to-shape-air-into-sounds-that-take-on-the/) [Richard Wagamese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-wagamese/) > [“The towns and the players are all different. But the game is always the same, its speed and power. Hockey’s grace and poetry make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-wagamese/the-towns-and-the-players-are-all-different-but-the-game-is-always/) [Richard Wagamese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-wagamese/) > [“I gave them nothing back because all I knew was the vast amount they had taken from me, robbed me of, cheated me out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-wagamese/i-gave-them-nothing-back-because-all-i-knew-was-the-vast-amount-they/) [Richard Wagamese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-wagamese/) > [“But there were always things swimming around in me that I could neither hold on to long enough to comprehend or learn to live…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-wagamese/but-there-were-always-things-swimming-around-in-me-that-i-could/) [Richard Wagamese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-wagamese/) > [“We were hockey gypsies, heading down another gravel road every weekend, plowing into the heart of that magnificent northern landscape. We never gave a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-wagamese/we-were-hockey-gypsies-heading-down-another-gravel-road-every-weekend/) [Richard Wagamese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-wagamese/) > [“When your innocence is stripped from you, when your people are denigrated, when the family you came from is denounced and your tribal ways…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-wagamese/when-your-innocence-is-stripped-from-you-when-your-people-are/) [Richard Wagamese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-wagamese/) > [“Benjamin and I sat in the middle of one of the large canoes with our grandmother in the stern, directing us past shoals and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-wagamese/benjamin-and-i-sat-in-the-middle-of-one-of-the-large-canoes-with-our/) [Richard Wagamese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-wagamese/) > [“All that we are is story. From the moment we are born to the time we continue on our spirit journey, we are involved…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-wagamese/all-that-we-are-is-story-from-the-moment-we-are-born-to-the-time-we/) [Richard Wagamese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-wagamese/) > [“I understood then that when you miss a thing it leaves a hole that only the thing you miss can fill.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-wagamese/i-understood-then-that-when-you-miss-a-thing-it-leaves-a-hole-that/) [Richard Wagamese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-wagamese/) > [“We become eternal by being held in memory's loving arms.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-wagamese/we-become-eternal-by-being-held-in-memory-s-loving-arms/) [Richard Wagamese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-wagamese/) > [“For my wife Deborah, for allowing me to bask in her light and become more.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-wagamese/for-my-wife-deborah-for-allowing-me-to-bask-in-her-light-and-become/) [Richard Wagamese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-wagamese/) > [“That's what's important really, Keeper says. Learning how to be what the Creator created you to be. Face your truth.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-wagamese/that-s-what-s-important-really-keeper-says-learning-how-to-be-what/) [Richard Wagamese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-wagamese/) > [“Time doesn’t exist. Pardon me? Time. It doesn’t exist. Did you know that? No. Sometimes it seems like it’s all that’s real. Like time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-wagamese/time-doesn-t-exist-pardon-me-time-it-doesn-t-exist-did-you-know-that/) [Richard Wagamese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-wagamese/) > [“We need mystery,” she said. “Creator in her wisdom knew this. Mystery fills us with awe and wonder. They are the foundations of humility,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-wagamese/we-need-mystery-she-said-creator-in-her-wisdom-knew-this-mystery/) [Richard Wagamese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-wagamese/) > [“There is such a powerful eloquence in silence. True genius is knowing when to say nothing, to allow the experience, the moment itself, to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-wagamese/there-is-such-a-powerful-eloquence-in-silence-true-genius-is-knowing/) [Richard Wagamese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-wagamese/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/know-stories/richard-wagamese/#itemlist", "name": "1 Know Stories Quotes By Richard Wagamese", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Use the act of breathing to shape air into sounds that take on the context of language that lifts and transports those who hear it, takes them beyond what they think and how they feel and empowers them to think and know even more. We’re all storytellers, really. That’s what we do. That is our power as human beings. 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