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Time marks us while we are marking time.


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What we need is more people who specialize in the impossible.

What we need is more people who specialize in the impossible.



Beginnings start without shade,Thinner than minnows.The live grass whirls with the sun,Feet run over the simple stones,There's time enough.Behold, in the lout's eye, love.

Beginnings start without shade,Thinner than minnows.The live grass whirls with the sun,Feet run over the simple stones,There's time enough.Behold, in the lout's eye, love.



Deep in their roots, all flowers keep the light.

Deep in their roots, all flowers keep the light.



Over every mountain there is a path, although it may not be seen from the valley.

Over every mountain there is a path, although it may not be seen from the valley.



How body from spirit slowly does unwind, until we are pure spirit at the end.

How body from spirit slowly does unwind, until we are pure spirit at the end.



May my silences become more accurate.

May my silences become more accurate.



Those who are willing to be vulnerable move among mysteries.

Those who are willing to be vulnerable move among mysteries.



Love is not love until love's vulnerable.

Love is not love until love's vulnerable.



I teach my sighs to lengthen into songs.

I teach my sighs to lengthen into songs.



When I go mad, I call my friends by phone: I am afraid they might think they're alone.

When I go mad, I call my friends by phone: I am afraid they might think they're alone.





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This page presents the quote "Time marks us while we are marking time.". Author of this quote is Theodore Roethke. This quote is about death, time, mark, suicide,.