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We are asleep with compasses in our hands. - W.S. Merwin

We are asleep with compasses in our hands. – W.S. Merwin

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It has been said repeatedly that one can never, try as he will, get around to the front of the universe. Man is destined to see only its far side, to realize nature only in retreat. – Loren Eiseley, “The Innocent Fox,” The Star Thrower, 1978

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A hunter of shadows, himself a shade. – Homer

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I am the vessel. The draft is God’s. And God is the thirsty one. – Dag Hammarskjold, Markings, 1964

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…and leave wishes to those foolish enough to make them. – Terri Guillemets

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