111 Quotes by Stephen Vincent Benét

Books are not men and yet they are alive. They are man's memory and his aspiration, the link between his present and his past, the tools he builds with.

Occasionally I encounter people getting into their cars who will say, "Oh, you haven't been walking lately" - like I'm a symbol of the ancient art of walking!

I have fallen in love with American names, the sharp, gaunt names that never get fat.

Seine and Piave are silver spoons, But the spoonbowl-metal is thin and worn

Outcasts of war, misfits, rebellious souls,Seekers of some vague kingdom in the stars -They hide out in the hills and stir up trouble,Call themselves prophets, too, and prophesyThat something new is coming to the world,The Lord knows what!Well, it's a long time coming,And, meanwhile, we're the wheat between the stones.

Basically when I'm walking I'm not consciously writing or intending anything. In the manner I have learned from meditation practice, I let things unfold.

Books are not men and yet they are alive.

Bury my heart at Wounded Knee.

Money is sullen And wisdom is sly, But youth is the pollen That blows through the sky And does not ask why.