... 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 OliverAbout author
- Author's profession: Poet
- Nationality: american
- Born: September 10, 1935
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