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Mary Oliver Quotes

Maybe death isn’t darkness, after all, but so much light wrapping itself around us-- Picture Quote #1

There were times over the years when life was not easy, but if you’re working a few hours a day and you’ve got a good book to read, and you can go outside to the beach and dig for clams, you’re okay Picture Quote #1

Love, love, love, says Percy. And hurry as fast as you can along the shining beach, or the rubble, or the dust. Then, go to sleep. Give up your body heat, your beating heart. Then, trust Picture Quote #1

You can have the other words-chance, luck, coincidence, serendipity. I’ll take grace. I don’t know what it is exactly, but I’ll take it Picture Quote #1

There is nothing better than work. Work is also play; children know that. Children play earnestly as if it were work. But people grow up, and they work with a sorrow upon them. It’s duty Picture Quote #1

Writing a poem ... is a kind of possible love affair between something like the heart (that courageous but also shy factory of emotion) and the learned skills of the conscious mind Picture Quote #1

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I have a little dog who likes to nap with me. He climbs on my body and puts his face in my neck. He is sweeter than soap. He is more wonderful than a diamond necklace, which can’t even bark Picture Quote #1

The end of life has its own nature, also worth our attention. I don’t say this without reckoning in the sorrow, the worry, the many diminishments. But surely it is then that a person’s character shines or glooms Picture Quote #1

Snow was falling, so much like stars filling the dark trees that one could easily imagine its reason for being was nothing more than prettiness Picture Quote #1

Like Magellan, let us find our islands To die in, far from home, from anywhere Familiar. Let us risk the wildest places, Lest we go down in comfort, and despair Picture Quote #1

Every adjective and adverb is worth five cents. Every verb is worth fifty cents Picture Quote #1

Poetry is one of the original arts, and it began, as did all the fine arts, within the original wilderness of the earth Picture Quote #1

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... to write well it is entirely necessary to read widely and deeply. Good poems are the best teachers Picture Quote #1

We all have a hungry heart, and one of the things we hunger for is happiness. So as much as I possibly could, I stayed where I was happy Picture Quote #1

We need beauty because it makes us ache to be worthy of it Picture Quote #1

Listen. Are you breathing just a little and calling it a life? Picture Quote #1

To pay attention, this is our endless and proper work Picture Quote #1

Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life? Picture Quote #1

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I don't want to end up simply having visited this world Picture Quote #1

Instructions for living a life. Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it Picture Quote #1

Keep some room in your heart for the unimaginable Picture Quote #1

Listen - are you breathing just a little, and calling it a life? Picture Quote #1

It is better for the heart to break, than not to break Picture Quote #1

I know many lives worth living Picture Quote #1

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I tell you this to break your heart, by which I mean only that it break open and never close again to the rest of the world Picture Quote #1

I feel the terror of idleness, like a red thirst. Death isn't just an idea Picture Quote #1

Poetry is a life-cherishing force Picture Quote #1

Sometimes I need only to stand wherever I am to be blessed Picture Quote #1

Love yourself. Then forget it. Then, love the world Picture Quote #1

Maybe death isn't darkness, after all, but so much light wrapping itself around us Picture Quote #1

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Maybe death isn’t darkness, after all, but so much light wrapping itself around us-- (Mary Oliver Quotes) There were times over the years when life was not easy, but if you’re working a few hours a day and you’ve got a good book to read, and you can go outside to the beach and dig for clams, you’re okay. (Mary Oliver Quotes) Love, love, love, says Percy. And hurry as fast as you can along the shining beach, or the rubble, or the dust. Then, go to sleep. Give up your body heat, your beating heart. Then, trust. (Mary Oliver Quotes) You can have the other words-chance, luck, coincidence, serendipity. I’ll take grace. I don’t know what it is exactly, but I’ll take it. (Mary Oliver Quotes) There is nothing better than work. Work is also play; children know that. Children play earnestly as if it were work. But people grow up, and they work with a sorrow upon them. It’s duty. (Mary Oliver Quotes) Writing a poem ... is a kind of possible love affair between something like the heart (that courageous but also shy factory of emotion) and the learned skills of the conscious mind. (Mary Oliver Quotes) I have a little dog who likes to nap with me. He climbs on my body and puts his face in my neck. He is sweeter than soap. He is more wonderful than a diamond necklace, which can’t even bark... (Mary Oliver Quotes) The end of life has its own nature, also worth our attention. I don’t say this without reckoning in the sorrow, the worry, the many diminishments. But surely it is then that a person’s character shines or glooms. (Mary Oliver Quotes) Snow was falling, so much like stars filling the dark trees that one could easily imagine its reason for being was nothing more than prettiness. (Mary Oliver Quotes) Like Magellan, let us find our islands To die in, far from home, from anywhere Familiar. Let us risk the wildest places, Lest we go down in comfort, and despair. (Mary Oliver Quotes) Every adjective and adverb is worth five cents. Every verb is worth fifty cents. (Mary Oliver Quotes) Poetry is one of the original arts, and it began, as did all the fine arts, within the original wilderness of the earth. (Mary Oliver Quotes) ... to write well it is entirely necessary to read widely and deeply. Good poems are the best teachers. (Mary Oliver Quotes) We all have a hungry heart, and one of the things we hunger for is happiness. So as much as I possibly could, I stayed where I was happy. (Mary Oliver Quotes) We need beauty because it makes us ache to be worthy of it (Mary Oliver Quotes) Listen. Are you breathing just a little and calling it a life? (Mary Oliver Quotes) To pay attention, this is our endless and proper work (Mary Oliver Quotes) Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life? (Mary Oliver Quotes) I don't want to end up simply having visited this world (Mary Oliver Quotes) Instructions for living a life. Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it (Mary Oliver Quotes) Keep some room in your heart for the unimaginable (Mary Oliver Quotes) Listen - are you breathing just a little, and calling it a life? (Mary Oliver Quotes) It is better for the heart to break, than not to break (Mary Oliver Quotes) I know many lives worth living (Mary Oliver Quotes) I tell you this to break your heart, by which I mean only that it break open and never close again to the rest of the world (Mary Oliver Quotes) I feel the terror of idleness, like a red thirst. Death isn't just an idea (Mary Oliver Quotes) Poetry is a life-cherishing force (Mary Oliver Quotes) Sometimes I need only to stand wherever I am to be blessed (Mary Oliver Quotes) Love yourself. Then forget it. Then, love the world (Mary Oliver Quotes) Maybe death isn't darkness, after all, but so much light wrapping itself around us (Mary Oliver Quotes)

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