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> [“A Thousand Mornings All night my heart makes its way however it can over the rough ground of uncertainties, but only until night meets and then is overwhelmed by morning, the light deepening, the wind easing and just waiting, as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-oliver/a-thousand-mornings-all-night-my-heart-makes-its-way-however-it-can/)

[Mary Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-oliver/)

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> [“The woods that I loved as a child are entirely gone. The woods that I loved as a young adult are gone. The woods that most recently I walked in are not gone, but they’re full of bicycle trails. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-oliver/the-woods-that-i-loved-as-a-child-are-entirely-gone-the-woods-that-i-2/)

[Mary Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-oliver/)

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