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

The signals we give-yes or no, or maybe-/should be clear/the darkness around us is deep.

Anyone who breathes is in the rhythm business.

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?

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

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

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 are pursuing. You have to explain about the thread. But it is hard for others to see. While you hold it you can’t get lost. Tragedies happen; people get hurt or die; and you suffer and get old. Nothing you do can stop time’s unfolding. You don’t ever let go of the thread. ~ William Stafford ~