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My Life Quotes by Mary Oliver
- When the blackberries hang swollen in the woods, in the brambles nobody owns, I spend all day among the high branches, reaching my ripped arms,…
- I wanted to hurry into the work of my life; I wanted to know, whoever I was, I was alive for a little while.
- Why should I not sit, every morning of my life, on the hillside, looking into the shining world?
- I think one thing is that prayer has become more useful, interesting, fruitful, and... almost involuntary in my life.
- The dream of my life is to lie down by a slow river and stare at the light in the trees - to learn something…
- I decided very early that I wanted to write. But I didn't think of it as a career. I didn't even think of it as…
- When it's over, I want to say: all my life I was a bride married to amazement. I was the bridegroom, taking the world into…
- When it's over, I want to say: all my life I was a bride married to amazement. I was the bridegroom, taking the world into…
- Still, what I want in my life is to be willing to be dazzled---to cast aside the weight of facts and maybe even to float…
- I wanted the past to go away, I wanted to leave it, like another country; I wanted my life to close, and open like a…
- And to tell the truth I don't want to let go of the wrists of idleness, I don't want to sell my life for money,…
More My Life Quotes
- When I was growing up, the men in my life were abusive; women were the ones I ran to for comfort. — Kevyn Aucoin
- I gave my life to become the person I am right now. Was it worth it? — Richard Bach
- Punk will never be dead to me. It's my life. I can never just drop this lifestyle. It embodies me. — Billie Joe Armstrong
- If I look at my old lyrics, they seem to be full of rage, but empty. There was an emptiness in my… — Billie Joe Armstrong
- I'm a father. It isn't just my life any more. I don't want my kid finding bottles in the house or seeing… — Billie Joe Armstrong
- I've committed to surfing the rest of my life. — Lance Armstrong
- I try to live my life where I end up at a point where I have no regrets. So I try to… — Darren Aronofsky
- We must have a theme, a goal, a purpose in our lives. If you don't know where you're aiming, you don't have… — Mary Kay Ash
- If I were to say, 'God, why me?' about the bad things, then I should have said, 'God, why me?' about the… — Arthur Ashe
- Oh, the most important thing about myself is that my life has been full of changes. Therefore, when I observe the world,… — Chinua Achebe
- I spent much of my life hiding. — Kevyn Aucoin
- If I can procure three hundred good substantial names of persons, or bodies, or institutions, I cannot fail to do well for… — John James Audubon