Mary Oliver Quotes

“My mistakes burn me up inside. But as one of my favorite poets, Mary Oliver, says, while our mistakes make us want…

— Hillary Rodham Clinton

We expect kids to go straight from Shel Silverstein to William Shakespeare. There needs to be a bridge of relatable, fun, rhythmic…

— Kwame Alexander

'Swan,' by Mary Oliver. Poems and prose. Reading from this book is as if visiting a very wise friend. There is wisdom…

— Jessye Norman

“Poet Mary Oliver wrote, “This is the first, wildest, and wisest thing I know: that the soul exists, and that it is…

— Wendy Strgar

“It's very important to write things down instantly, or you can lose the way you were thinking out a line. I have…

— Mary Oliver

“Be compassionate with people you know and those you don’t. We are all sacred. We are all achingly beautiful. Intuition allows us…

— Judith Orloff

I read everything. I'll read a John Grisham novel, I'll sit and read a whole book of poems by Maya Angelou, or…

— Jessye Norman

“The Fourth Sign of The Zodiac (Part 3) by Mary Oliver I know, you never intended to be in this world. But…

— Mary Oliver

“In a universe devoid of life, any life at all would be immensely meaningful. We ARE that meaning. “And what we see,…

— Carl Safina

“One Or Two Things Mary Oliver 1 Don't bother me I've just been born. 2 The butterfly's loping flight carries it through…

— Mary Oliver

“Beyond the table, there is an altar, with candles lit for Billie Holiday and Willa Carter and Hypatia and Patsy Cline. Next…

— Carmen Maria Machado

“The woods that I loved as a child are entirely gone. The woods that I loved as a young adult are gone.…

— Mary Oliver

“All I know, lying in this bed or not lying here, is that this is the life that was given to me.…

— Roger Housden

“I want to talk about creating your life. There’s a quote I love, from the poet Mary Oliver, that goes: Tell me,…

— Laini Taylor