Dreams Quote by William Stafford

““This dream the world is having about itself includes a trace on the plains of the Oregon trail, a groove in the grass my father showed us all one day while meadowlarks were trying to tell something better about to happen.””

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People wander about what you are pursuing. You have to explain about the thread.

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Anyone who breathes is in the rhythm business.

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I don't see writing as a communication of something already discovered, as "truths" already known. Rather, I see writing as a job of experiment.…

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An owl sound wandered along the road with me. I didn't hear it--I breathed it into my ears.

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The Way It Is There’s a thread you follow. It goes among things that change. But it doesn’t change. People wonder about what you…

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It's love,' they say. You touch the right one and a whole half of the universe wakes up, a new half.

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“We think it is calm here, or that our storm is the right size.”

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“There may be losses too great to understand That rove after you and--faint and terrible-- rip unknown through your hand.”

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It is as if the ordinary language we use every day has a hidden set of signals, a kind of secret code.

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My question is "when did other people give up the idea of being a poet?" You know, when we are kids we make up…

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The things you do not have to say make you rich. Saying the things you do not have to say weakens your talk. Hearing…

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“I am your own way of looking at things," she said. "When you allow me to live with you, every glance at the world…

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“Not that it matters, when you dream, there's no outside or in. Your mind is an unimaginable bloom. A willow catkin as big as…

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Sometimes we wish for the feel but we never understand that we have to give a lot to get the feel !

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The vision of the left, full of envy and resentment, takes its worst toll on those at the bottom - whether black or white…

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It’s so important to create in your own voice, to hold onto what makes you unique, and have faith in your vision.

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“As dreams are the healing songs from the wilderness of our unconscious - So wild animals, wild plants, wild landscapes are the healing dreams…

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Alone in a world, With millions of souls Walking in circles Trapped in their dreams unhealthy, unclean walking in circles, now do not disturb…

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“Doing the work to transform your dreams into reality is like walking across the earth. It can be that hard, and it can take…

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As far as Im concerned, I didnt dream - ever.

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I guess, it's a father's dream for his daughter to be known around the world.

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