To say what or where we came from has nothing to do with what or where we came from. We do not come from there any more, but only from each word that proceeds out of the mouth of the unnamed. And yet sometimes it is our only way of pointing to who we are.


The Book of Fables (ed. Copper Canyon Press, 2007) - ISBN: 9781556592560

W. S. Merwin Quotes

To say what or where we came from has nothing to do with what or where we came from. We do not come from there any more, but only from each word that ...

To say what or where we came from has nothing to do with what or where we came from. We do not come from there any more, but only from each word that ...

To say what or where we came from has nothing to do with what or where we came from. We do not come from there any more, but only from each word that ...

To say what or where we came from has nothing to do with what or where we came from. We do not come from there any more, but only from each word that ...