I travel as much as I do. It isn't the life I expected. I don't know what dust … - Jane Hirshfield

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Strategic planning for the future is the most hopeful indication of our increasing social intelligence.

Jane Hirshfield

I travel as much as I do. It isn't the life I expected. I don't know what dust of pollen will come back with me from these travels. But I must trust that I will not treat frivolously the glimpses I've been given into other places and others' lives.

Dust, Given, Glimpse, Treat, Treats, Trust

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Wrong solitude vinegars the soul, right solitude oils it.

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Between certainty and the real, an ancient enmity.

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Some questions cannot be answered. They become familiar weights in the hand, round stones pulled from the pocket, unyielding and cool.

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The first track is the end of a string. At the far end, a being is moving; a mystery, dropping a hint about itself every so many feet, telling you more about itself until you can almost see it, even before you come to it. The mystery reveals itself slowly, track by track, giving its genealogy early to coax you in. Further on, it will tell you the intimate details of its life and work, until you know the maker of the track like a lifelong friend.

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