I dream of a quiet man / who explains nothing and defends nothing, but…

Wendell Berry
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I dream of a quiet man / who explains nothing and defends nothing, but only knows / where the rarest wildflowers / are blooming, and who goes, / and finds that he is smiling / not by his own will. ✨ Wendell Berry (2013). This Day: Collected & New Sabbath Poems, p.196, Counterpoint
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I dream of a quiet man / who explains nothing and defends nothing, but only knows / where the rarest wildflowers / are blooming, and who goes, / and finds that he is smiling / not by his own will. ✨ Wendell Berry (2013). This Day: Collected & New Sabbath Poems, p.196, Counterpoint

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