Famous Quotes

W. S. Merwin

The Indians seemed to be living in a place and in a way that was of immense importance to me. So I associate learning to read - English, oddly enough - with wanting to know about Indians. I'm still growing into it. I've never outgrown that.

W. S. Merwin

The Indians seemed to be living in a place and in a way that was of immense importance to me. So I associate learning to read - English, oddly enough - with wanting to know about Indians. I'm still growing into it. I've never outgrown that.

W. S. Merwin

What turned me into an environmentalist, on my eleventh birthday, was seeing the first strip mine.

W. S. Merwin

That's a great gift to be given, that feeling of no fear.

W. S. Merwin

The time of wisdom cannot be measured, and for me, wisdom is the garden. There is no time in the garden.

W. S. Merwin