William Stafford

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Wisdom is having things right in your lifeand knowing why

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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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A writer is not so much someone who has something to say as he is someone who has found a process that will bring about new things he would not have thought of if he had not started to say them

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Once you decide to do right, life is easy, there are no distractions

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Keep a journal, and don't assume that your work has to accomplish anything worthy: artists and peace-workers are in it for the long haul, and not to be judged by immediate results