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Mary Oliver quotes about reading

American Poet September 10, 1935

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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
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. I spent a great deal of time in my younger years just writing and reading, walking around the woods in Ohio, where I grew up. Mary Oliver
GOING TO WALDENIt isn't very far as highways lie. I might be back by nightfall, having seen. The rough pines, and the stones, and the clear water. Friends argue that I might be wiser for it. They do not hear that far-off Yankee whisper: How dull we grow from hurrying here and there! Many have gone, and think me half a fool. To miss a day away in the cool country. Maybe. But in a book I read and cherish, Going to Walden is not so easy a thing. As a green visit. It is the slow and difficult.... Mary Oliver
Mary Oliver quote: "I worked probably 25 years by myself, just writing and..."
I worked probably 25 years by myself, just writing and working, not trying to publish much, not giving readings. Mary Oliver
As a child, what captivated me was reading the poems myself and realizing that there was a world without material substance which was nevertheless as alive as any other. Mary Oliver

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