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> [“...for one instant, I saw the stars close enough to touch. Closer than that, part of me. Are they really so far or just that we never reach for them?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/parke-godwin/for-one-instant-i-saw-the-stars-close-enough-to-touch-closer-than/)

[Parke Godwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/parke-godwin/)

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## More by Parke Godwin

> [“I know why men lose sight of the face of God: because it is so close.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/parke-godwin/i-know-why-men-lose-sight-of-the-face-of-god-because-it-is-so-close/)

[Parke Godwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/parke-godwin/)

> [“Neither of us deserves tomorrow.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/parke-godwin/neither-of-us-deserves-tomorrow/)

[Parke Godwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/parke-godwin/)

> [“You go through it like a dark room, you sweat, you fear, the fear passes, you come out of it and utter nothing but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/parke-godwin/you-go-through-it-like-a-dark-room-you-sweat-you-fear-the-fear-passes/)

[Parke Godwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/parke-godwin/)

> [“Where do the strong go to be weak?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/parke-godwin/where-do-the-strong-go-to-be-weak/)

[Parke Godwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/parke-godwin/)

> [“And youth, though they see every day the cradle and grave shaped so alike, never believe death will happen to them. I told you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/parke-godwin/and-youth-though-they-see-every-day-the-cradle-and-grave-shaped-so/)

[Parke Godwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/parke-godwin/)

> [“A while ago in real-time you saw the eagles. And you wished.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/parke-godwin/a-while-ago-in-real-time-you-saw-the-eagles-and-you-wished/)

[Parke Godwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/parke-godwin/)

> [“Between blow and pain, there is that instant of numbness, an unreal moment...”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/parke-godwin/between-blow-and-pain-there-is-that-instant-of-numbness-an-unreal/)

[Parke Godwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/parke-godwin/)

> [“...for one instant, I saw the stars close enough to touch. Closer than that, part of me. Are they really so far or just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/parke-godwin/for-one-instant-i-saw-the-stars-close-enough-to-touch-closer-than/)

[Parke Godwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/parke-godwin/)

> [“Lovers have a language that can be lost--how to speak, how to touch, when to try.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/parke-godwin/lovers-have-a-language-that-can-be-lost-how-to-speak-how-to-touch/)

[Parke Godwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/parke-godwin/)

> [“I am aged with a sickness of the mind.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/parke-godwin/i-am-aged-with-a-sickness-of-the-mind/)

[Parke Godwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/parke-godwin/)

> [“Tomorrow belongs to those who can learn. For those who can’t, there’s only yesterday.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/parke-godwin/tomorrow-belongs-to-those-who-can-learn-for-those-who-can-t-there-s/)

[Parke Godwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/parke-godwin/)

> [“I can't think of it now. It costs too much.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/parke-godwin/i-can-t-think-of-it-now-it-costs-too-much/)

[Parke Godwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/parke-godwin/)

> [“See that day as I remember it. A day in June, River Severn rolling to the sea, diamonded with sunlight, gulls gliding over the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/parke-godwin/see-that-day-as-i-remember-it-a-day-in-june-river-severn-rolling-to/)

[Parke Godwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/parke-godwin/)

> [“There’s not a stone or leaf or life that men won’t put a name to. It gives them a nice safe box to collect…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/parke-godwin/there-s-not-a-stone-or-leaf-or-life-that-men-won-t-put-a-name-to-it/)

[Parke Godwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/parke-godwin/)

> [“The day comes when love means something beyond a reflection of ourselves, when there is more behind than ahead and the house of mind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/parke-godwin/the-day-comes-when-love-means-something-beyond-a-reflection-of/)

[Parke Godwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/parke-godwin/)

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