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William Stafford Quotes: The ocean and I have many pebbles To find and wash off and roll into shape.
         

The ocean and I have many pebbles To find and wash off and roll into shape.


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...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.



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