W.S. Merwin's Quote - We are asleep with compasses in our hands. – W.S. Merwin

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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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Now all my teachers are dead except silence. – W.S. Merwin

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