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Mary Oliver Quotes

Why should I not sit, every morning of my life, on the hillside, looking into the shining world? Picture Quote #1

What I have done is learn to love and learn to be loved. That didn't come easy Picture Quote #1

If you have ever gone into the woods with me, I must love you very much Picture Quote #1

Ordinarily, I go to the woods alone. When I'm alone I can hear the almost unhearable sound of the roses singing. If you have ever gone to the woods with me, I must love you very much Picture Quote #1

A dog is adorable and noble, a dog is a true and loving friend. A dog is also a hedonist Picture Quote #1

A dog can never tell you what she knows from the smells of the world, but you know, watching her, that you know almost nothing Picture Quote #1

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I think one thing is that prayer has become more useful, interesting, fruitful, and... almost involuntary in my life Picture Quote #1

The world is: fun, and familiar, and healthful, and unbelievably refreshing, and lovely. And it is the theater of the spiritual; it is the multiform utterly obedient to a mystery Picture Quote #1

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

In the glare of your mind, be modest. And beholden to what is tactile, and thrilling Picture Quote #1

Truly, we live with mysteries too marvelous to be understood. How grass can be nourishing in the mouths of the lambs. How rivers and stones are forever in allegiance with gravity while we ourselves dream of rising Picture Quote #1

It is the nature of stone to be satisfied. It is the nature of water to want to be somewhere else Picture Quote #1

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The man who has many answers is often found in the theaters of information where he offers, graciously, his deep findings. While the man who has only questions, to comfort himself, makes music Picture Quote #1

I decided very early that I wanted to write. But I didn’t think of it as a career. I didn’t even think of it as a profession... It was the most exciting thing, the most powerful thing, the most wonderful thing to do with my life Picture Quote #1

Poetry is a serious business; literature is the apparatus through which the world tries to keep intact its important ideas and feelings Picture Quote #1

With words, I could build a world I could live in. I had a very dysfunctional family, and a very hard childhood. So I made a world out of words. And it was my salvation Picture Quote #1

The three ingredients of poetry: the mystery of the universe, spiritual curiosity, the energy of language Picture Quote #1

Everybody has to have their little tooth of power. Everybody wants to be able to bite Picture Quote #1

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In this universe we are given two gifts: the ability to love and the ability to question. Which are, at the same time, the fires that warm us and the fires that scorch 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

You have to be in the world to understand what the spiritual is about, and you have to be spiritual in order to truly be able to accept what the world is about Picture Quote #1

I want to be braver and more honest about my life. When you’re sexually abused, there’s a lot of damage Picture Quote #1

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

When I am alone I can become invisible. I can sit on the top of a dune as motionless as an uprise of weeds, until the foxes run by unconcerned. I can hear the almost unhearable sound of the roses singing Picture Quote #1

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Who knows what will happen or where I will be sent, yet already I have given a great many things away, expecting to be told to pack nothing, except the prayers which, with this thirst, I am slowly learning 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

And over one more set of hills, along the sea, the last roses have opened their factories of sweetness and are giving it back to the world. If I had another life I would want to spend it all on some unstinting happiness Picture Quote #1

A dog comes to you and lives with you in your own house, but you do not therefore own her, as you do not own the rain, or the trees, or the laws which pertain to them... A dog can never tell you what she knows from the smells of the world, but you know, watching her, that you know almost nothing Picture Quote #1

From the complications of loving you I think there is no end or return. no answer, no coming out of it. which is the only way to love, isn’t it? this isn’t a playground, this is earth, our heaven, for a while. therefore I have given precedence to all my sudden, sullen, dark moods that hold you in the center of my world. and I say to my body: grow thinner still. and I say to my fingers, type me a pretty song. and I s Picture Quote #1

I wanted the past to go away, I wanted to leave it, like another country; I wanted my life to close, and open like a hinge, like a wing, like the part of the song where it falls down over the rocks: an explosion, a discovery; I wanted to hurry into the work of my life; I wanted to know, whoever I was, I was alive for a little while Picture Quote #1

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Why should I not sit, every morning of my life, on the hillside, looking into the shining world? (Mary Oliver Quotes) What I have done is learn to love and learn to be loved. That didn't come easy (Mary Oliver Quotes) If you have ever gone into the woods with me, I must love you very much (Mary Oliver Quotes) Ordinarily, I go to the woods alone. When I'm alone I can hear the almost unhearable sound of the roses singing. If you have ever gone to the woods with me, I must love you very much (Mary Oliver Quotes) A dog is adorable and noble, a dog is a true and loving friend. A dog is also a hedonist (Mary Oliver Quotes) A dog can never tell you what she knows from the smells of the world, but you know, watching her, that you know almost nothing (Mary Oliver Quotes) I think one thing is that prayer has become more useful, interesting, fruitful, and... almost involuntary in my life (Mary Oliver Quotes) The world is: fun, and familiar, and healthful, and unbelievably refreshing, and lovely. And it is the theater of the spiritual; it is the multiform utterly obedient to a mystery (Mary Oliver Quotes) 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) In the glare of your mind, be modest. And beholden to what is tactile, and thrilling (Mary Oliver Quotes) Truly, we live with mysteries too marvelous to be understood. How grass can be nourishing in the mouths of the lambs. How rivers and stones are forever in allegiance with gravity while we ourselves dream of rising (Mary Oliver Quotes) It is the nature of stone to be satisfied. It is the nature of water to want to be somewhere else (Mary Oliver Quotes) The man who has many answers is often found in the theaters of information where he offers, graciously, his deep findings. While the man who has only questions, to comfort himself, makes music (Mary Oliver Quotes) I decided very early that I wanted to write. But I didn’t think of it as a career. I didn’t even think of it as a profession... It was the most exciting thing, the most powerful thing, the most wonderful thing to do with my life (Mary Oliver Quotes) Poetry is a serious business; literature is the apparatus through which the world tries to keep intact its important ideas and feelings (Mary Oliver Quotes) With words, I could build a world I could live in. I had a very dysfunctional family, and a very hard childhood. So I made a world out of words. And it was my salvation (Mary Oliver Quotes) The three ingredients of poetry: the mystery of the universe, spiritual curiosity, the energy of language (Mary Oliver Quotes) Everybody has to have their little tooth of power. Everybody wants to be able to bite (Mary Oliver Quotes) In this universe we are given two gifts: the ability to love and the ability to question. Which are, at the same time, the fires that warm us and the fires that scorch 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) You have to be in the world to understand what the spiritual is about, and you have to be spiritual in order to truly be able to accept what the world is about (Mary Oliver Quotes) I want to be braver and more honest about my life. When you’re sexually abused, there’s a lot of damage (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) When I am alone I can become invisible. I can sit on the top of a dune as motionless as an uprise of weeds, until the foxes run by unconcerned. I can hear the almost unhearable sound of the roses singing (Mary Oliver Quotes) Who knows what will happen or where I will be sent, yet already I have given a great many things away, expecting to be told to pack nothing, except the prayers which, with this thirst, I am slowly learning (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) And over one more set of hills, along the sea, the last roses have opened their factories of sweetness and are giving it back to the world. If I had another life I would want to spend it all on some unstinting happiness (Mary Oliver Quotes) A dog comes to you and lives with you in your own house, but you do not therefore own her, as you do not own the rain, or the trees, or the laws which pertain to them... A dog can never tell you what she knows from the smells of the world, but you know, watching her, that you know almost nothing (Mary Oliver Quotes) From the complications of loving you I think there is no end or return. no answer, no coming out of it. which is the only way to love, isn’t it? this isn’t a playground, this is earth, our heaven, for a while. therefore I have given precedence to all my sudden, sullen, dark moods that hold you in the center of my world. and I say to my body: grow thinner still. and I say to my fingers, type me a pretty song. and I s (Mary Oliver Quotes) I wanted the past to go away, I wanted to leave it, like another country; I wanted my life to close, and open like a hinge, like a wing, like the part of the song where it falls down over the rocks: an explosion, a discovery; I wanted to hurry into the work of my life; I wanted to know, whoever I was, I was alive for a little while (Mary Oliver Quotes)

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