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> [Miracles happen all the time. We're here, aren't we?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marilyn-nelson/miracles-happen-all-the-time-we-re-here-aren-t-we/)

[Marilyn Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marilyn-nelson/)

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## More by Marilyn Nelson

> [Many performance poets seem to believe that yelling a poem makes it comprehensible. They are wrong.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marilyn-nelson/many-performance-poets-seem-to-believe-that-yelling-a-poem-makes-it/)

[Marilyn Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marilyn-nelson/)

> [Writing in form is a way of developing your thinking - your thinking along with the tradition. In a way, it's not you alone,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marilyn-nelson/writing-in-form-is-a-way-of-developing-your-thinking-your-thinking/)

[Marilyn Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marilyn-nelson/)

> [One of my graduate school professors, to whom I started sending poems when I started writing again after a 10-year hiatus, suggested I prepare…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marilyn-nelson/one-of-my-graduate-school-professors-to-whom-i-started-sending-poems/)

[Marilyn Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marilyn-nelson/)

> [“I did not have to learn to love you: You were chosen for me. I knew that the first time I saw you. —George…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marilyn-nelson/i-did-not-have-to-learn-to-love-you-you-were-chosen-for-me-i-knew/)

[Marilyn Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marilyn-nelson/)

> [After you kind of find your footing, sonnets are what comes easiest.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marilyn-nelson/after-you-kind-of-find-your-footing-sonnets-are-what-comes-easiest/)

[Marilyn Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marilyn-nelson/)

> [Miracles happen all the time. We're here, aren't we?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marilyn-nelson/miracles-happen-all-the-time-we-re-here-aren-t-we/)

[Marilyn Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marilyn-nelson/)

> [“Since she seen Fortune head in that big pot Miss Lydia say that room make her feel ill, sick with the thought of boiling…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marilyn-nelson/since-she-seen-fortune-head-in-that-big-pot-miss-lydia-say-that-room/)

[Marilyn Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marilyn-nelson/)

> [“What is gentlest in love is love's violence. Losing yourself in love, you reach love's goal. Love makes you suffer, as love makes you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marilyn-nelson/what-is-gentlest-in-love-is-love-s-violence-losing-yourself-in-love/)

[Marilyn Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marilyn-nelson/)

> [For much of my life - my sister and I have talked about this - when we moved, we just thought the world behind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marilyn-nelson/for-much-of-my-life-my-sister-and-i-have-talked-about-this-when-we/)

[Marilyn Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marilyn-nelson/)

> [Back when I was in college, people used to talk about the alienation of the artist, not ever quite fitting in any place.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marilyn-nelson/back-when-i-was-in-college-people-used-to-talk-about-the-alienation/)

[Marilyn Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marilyn-nelson/)

> [“When we lose contact, we see only hate, only injustice, a giant so great its shadow blocks our sun.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marilyn-nelson/when-we-lose-contact-we-see-only-hate-only-injustice-a-giant-so-great/)

[Marilyn Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marilyn-nelson/)

> [“The filth hissed at us when we venture out-- always in twos or threes, never alone-- seems less a language spoken than one spat…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marilyn-nelson/the-filth-hissed-at-us-when-we-venture-out-always-in-twos-or-threes/)

[Marilyn Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marilyn-nelson/)

> [“How sweet it is to let God purge our souls of ego and bitterness, and to have a little taste of heaven here on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marilyn-nelson/how-sweet-it-is-to-let-god-purge-our-souls-of-ego-and-bitterness-and/)

[Marilyn Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marilyn-nelson/)

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