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. ↗

— William Stafford

#inspirational #inspirational

They miss the whisper that runs any day in your mind, "Who are you really, wanderer?"-- and the answer you have to give no matter how dark and cold the world around you is: "Maybe I'm a king. ↗

— William Stafford

#king #poetry #wanderer #poetry-quotes

Literature is not a picture of life, but is a separate experience with its own kind of flow and enhancement. ↗

— William Stafford

#experience

There are so many things admirable people do not understand. ↗

— William Stafford

#love

I'll be me, but I don't like it. ↗

— William Stafford

#like #me

I have woven a parachute out of everything broken. ↗

— William Stafford

#everything #i #out #parachute #woven

Kids: they dance before they learn there is anything that isn't music. ↗

— William Stafford

#before #dance #kids #learn #music

You don't need many words if you already know what you're talking about. ↗

— William Stafford

#already #know #many #need #talking

The more you let yourself be distracted from where you are going, the more you are the person that you are. It's not so much like getting lost as it is like getting found. ↗

— William Stafford

#found #getting #going #like #lost

I just kept on doing what everyone starts out doing. The real question is, why did other people stop? ↗

— William Stafford

#doing #everyone #i #just #kept