“It was a joy! Words weren't dull, words were things that could make your mind hum. If you read them and let yourself feel the magic, you could live without pain, with hope, no matter what happened to you.”
― Ham on Rye
― Ham on Rye
“It's funny when you feel as if you don't want anything more in your life except to sleep, or else to lie without moving. That's when you can hear time sliding past you, like water running.”
― Voyage in the Dark
― Voyage in the Dark
“We are served by organic ghosts, he thought, who, speaking and writing, pass through this our new environment. Watching, wise, physical ghosts from the full-life world, elements of which have become for us invading but agreeable splinters of a substance that pulsates like a former heart.”
― Ubik
― Ubik
“I guess the only time most people think about injustice is when it happens to them.”
― Ham on Rye
― Ham on Rye
“Politicians need citizens who will permit them to behave reasonably.”
― Every War Has Two Losers: William Stafford on Peace and War
― Every War Has Two Losers: William Stafford on Peace and War
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