People wander about what you are pursuing. You have to explain about the thread. — William Stafford Journey Copy Share Image
I don't see writing as a communication of something already discovered, as "truths" already known. Rather, I see writing as a job… — William Stafford Communication Copy Share Image
An owl sound wandered along the road with me. I didn't hear it--I breathed it into my ears. — William Stafford Ears Copy Share Image
The Way It Is There’s a thread you follow. It goes among things that change. But it doesn’t change. People wonder about… — William Stafford Hurt Copy Share Image
It's love,' they say. You touch the right one and a whole half of the universe wakes up, a new half. — William Stafford Half Copy Share Image
“We think it is calm here, or that our storm is the right size.” — William Stafford Calm Copy Share Image
“There may be losses too great to understand That rove after you and--faint and terrible-- rip unknown through your hand.” — William Stafford Death Copy Share Image
It is as if the ordinary language we use every day has a hidden set of signals, a kind of secret code. — William Stafford Code Copy Share Image
My question is "when did other people give up the idea of being a poet?" You know, when we are kids we… — William Stafford Giving Copy Share Image
The things you do not have to say make you rich. Saying the things you do not have to say weakens your… — William Stafford Hearing Copy Share Image
“I am your own way of looking at things," she said. "When you allow me to live with you, every glance at… — William Stafford Muse Copy Share Image
I heard a bird congratulating itself all day for being a jay. Nobody cared. But it was glad all over again, and… — William Stafford Bird Copy Share Image
The earth says have a place, be what that place requires; hear the sound the birds imply and see as deep as… — William Stafford Behinds Copy Share Image
You can lie at a banquet but you have to be honest in the kitchen. — William Stafford Banquets Copy Share Image
I am not learning definitions as established in even the latest dictionaries. I am not a dictionary-maker. I am a person a… — William Stafford Definitions Copy Share Image
“A Ritual to Read to Each Other If you don’t know the kind of person I am and I don’t know the… — William Stafford Darkness Copy Share Image
When the snake decided to go straight, he didn't get anywhere. — William Stafford Decided Copy Share Image
I have a feeling that art is something you do for yourself, and that any time you turn your decisions over to… — William Stafford Accepting Copy Share Image
“Which of the horses we passed yesterday whinnied all night in my dreams? I want that one.” — William Stafford Dreams Copy Share Image
There are so many things admirable people do not understand. — William Stafford Admirable Copy Share Image
The ocean and I have many pebbles To find and wash off and roll into shape. — William Stafford Ocean Copy Share Image
When a goat likes a book, the whole book is gone, and the meaning has to go find an author again. — William Stafford Book Copy Share Image
