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Me Quotes by Mary Oliver
- Come with me into the woods where spring is advancing, as it does, no matter what, not being singular or particular, but one of the…
- 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…
- Let me keep my mind on what matters, which is my work, which is mostly standing still and learning to be astonished.
- I don't ask for the sights in front of me to change, only the depth of my seeing.
- Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine
- I don't know exactly what a prayer is. I do know how to pay attention, how to fall down into the grass, how to kneel…
- If you have ever gone into the woods with me, I must love you very much.
- Ordinarily, I go to the woods alone. When I'm alone I can hear the almost unhearable sound of the roses singing. If you have ever…
- Walks work for me. I enter some arena that is neither conscious or unconscious.
- Around me the trees stir in their leaves and call out, Stay awhile.
- I thought the earth remembered me, she took me back so tenderly, arranging her dark skirts, her pockets full of lichens and seeds. I slept…
- Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?
- I have a notebook with me all the time, and I begin scribbling a few words. When things are going well, the walk does not…
- GOING TO WALDEN It isn't very far as highways lie. I might be back by nightfall, having seen The rough pines, and the stones, and…
- The god of dirt came up to me many times and said so many wise and delectable things, I lay on the grass listening to…
- Ten times a day something happens to me like this - some strengthening throb of amazement - some good sweet empathic ping and swell. This…
- Every day I see or hear something that more or less kills me with delight, that leaves me like a needle in the haystack of…
- Tell me, what else should I have done? Doesn't everything die at last, and too soon? Tell me, what is it you plan to do…
- Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this too, was a gift.
- from the complications of loving you i think there is no end or return. no answer, no coming out of it. which is the only…
- I thought the earth remembered me, she took me back so tenderly, arranging her dark skirts, her pockets full of lichens and seeds. I slept…
- At Blackwater Pond the tossed waters have settled after a night of rain. I dip my cupped hands. I drink a long time. It tastes…
- Wherever I am, the world comes after me. It offers me its busyness. It does not believe that I do not want it. Now I…
- On the beach, at dawn: Four small stones clearly Hugging each other. How many kinds of love Might there be in the world, And how…
- Tom Dancer’s gift of a whitebark pine cone You never know What opportunity Is going to travel to you, Or through you. Once a friend…
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- To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough… — Hannah Arendt
- I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore… — Pietro Aretino
- Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if you want… — Pietro Aretino
- Having been a child actor, I remember how directors would trick me to get good performances out of me. I don't think… — Asia Argento
- Boxing gave me the opportunities to grow into the person that I am today. — Alexis Arguello
- I try to push ideas away, and the ones that will not leave me alone are the ones that ultimately end up… — J. J. Abrams
- I'm literally open to any medium that will have me. — J. J. Abrams
- From heresy, frenzy and jealousy, good Lord deliver me. — Ludovico Ariosto
- Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever. — Aristophanes
- My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. — Aristotle
- Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth. — Aristotle
- A real man loves his wife, and places his family as the most important thing in life. Nothing has brought me more… — Frank Abagnale