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Mary Oliver quotes about life

American Poet September 10, 1935

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I wanted the past to go away, I wantedto leave it, like another country; I wantedmy life to close, and openlike a hinge, like a wing, like the part of the songwhere it fallsdown over the rocks: an explosion, a discovery; I wantedto hurry into the work of my life; I wanted to know, whoever I was, I wasalivefor a little while. Mary Oliver
Emerson, I am trying to live, as you said we must, the examined life. But there are days I wish there was less in my head to examine, not to speak of the busy heart. Mary Oliver
When it's over, I want to say: all my life. I was a bride married to amazement. I was the bridegroom, taking the world into my arms. When it is over, I don't want to wonderif I have made of my life something particular, and real. I don't want to find myself sighing and frightened, or full of argument. I don't want to end up simply having visited this world. Mary Oliver
Mary Oliver quote: "I read the way a person might swim, to save his or her life. I..."
I read the way a person might swim, to save his or her life. I wrote that way too. Mary Oliver
When it's over, I want to say: all my life I was a bride married to amazement. I was the bridegroom, taking the world into my arms. Mary Oliver
Mary Oliver quote: "When it's over, I want to say all my life I was a bride..."
When it's over, I want to say all my life I was a bride married to amazement. Mary Oliver
... there was a new voicewhich you slowlyrecognized as your own, that kept you companyas you strode deeper and deeperinto the world, determined to dothe only thing you could do --determined to savethe only life you could save. Mary Oliver
Tell me, what else should I have done? Doesn't everything die at last, and too soon? Tell me, what is it you plan to do With your one wild and precious life? Mary Oliver
So come to the pond, or the river of your imagination, or the harbor of your longing, and put your lips to the world. And liveyour life. Mary Oliver
Mary Oliver quote: "Tell me, what is it you plan to dowith your one wild and..."
Tell me, what is it you plan to dowith your one wild and precious life? Mary Oliver
Still, what I want in my life is to be willing to be dazzled---to cast aside the weight of facts and maybe even to float a little above this difficult world. Mary Oliver
Mary Oliver quote: "What will you do with your one precious, wild life?"
What will you do with your one precious, wild life? Mary Oliver
Mary Oliver quote: "So what do you plan to do with your wild and precious life?"
So what do you plan to do with your wild and precious life? Mary Oliver
Mary Oliver quote: "Instructions for living a life. Pay attention. Be astonished...."
Instructions for living a life. Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it. Mary Oliver
Mary Oliver quote: "What is it you want to do with this wild, precious life."
What is it you want to do with this wild, precious life. Mary Oliver

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