--- title: "1 Storm Feel Quotes By Richard Wagamese" description: "1 Storm Feel quotes by Richard Wagamese. Plus more from Richard Wagamese and more Storm Feel sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bca/richard-wagamese-23762_quote_but-there-were-always-things-swimming-ar_789002.jpg" --- > [“But there were always things swimming around in me that I could neither hold on to long enough to comprehend or learn to live with. It was like the change in the air that comes before a storm. You feel…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bca/richard-wagamese-23762_quote_but-there-were-always-things-swimming-ar_789002.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/storm-feel/richard-wagamese/#itemlist", "name": "1 Storm Feel Quotes By Richard Wagamese", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“But there were always things swimming around in me that I could neither hold on to long enough to comprehend or learn to live with. It was like the change in the air that comes before a storm. You feel the energy build but there’s nothing you can do to stop it. That’s what it was like for me. When those times came I couldn’t talk. There was no language for it. 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