quotes by William Stafford

"Wisdom is having things right in your life
and knowing why."
— William Stafford

"...What you fear will not go away; it will take you into yourself and bless you and keep you. That's the world, and we all live there.
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— William Stafford

""We think it is calm here, or that our storm is the right size.""
— William Stafford

"I have woven a parachute out of everything broken."
— William Stafford

"Everyone is born a poet - a person discovering the way words sound and work, caring and delighting in words. I just kept on doing what everyone starts out doing. The real question is: Why did other people stop?"
— William Stafford