If work is no antidote to death, nor a denial of it, death is a powerful stimulus to work. Get done what you can.
Donald HallBaseball, because of its continuity over the space of America and the time of America, is a place where memory gathers.
Donald HallI see no reason to spend your life writing poems unless your goal is to write great poems.
Donald HallYou know how, when you fly from coast to coast on a really clear day, looking down from many miles up, you can see the little baseball diamonds everywhere? And every time I see a baseball diamond my heart goes out to it. And I think somewhere down there- I don't see any houses, I can hardly see any roads- but I know that people down there are playing the game we all love.
Donald Hall