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Stones Quotes by Mary Oliver
- Truly, we live with mysteries too marvelous to be understood. How grass can be nourishing in the mouths of the lambs. How rivers and stones…
- It is the nature of stone to be satisfied. It is the nature of water to want to be somewhere else.
- 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…
- 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…
- And now my old dog is dead, and another I had after him, and my parents are dead, and that first world, that old house,…
- Praying It doesn’t have to be the blue iris, it could be weeds in a vacant lot, or a few small stones; just pay attention,…
- 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…
- 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…
- In your hands The dog, the donkey, surely they know They are alive. Who would argue otherwise? But now, after years of consideration, I am…
More Stones Quotes
- Under every stone lurks a politician. — Aristophanes
- Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set. — Francis Bacon
- Yosemite Valley, to me, is always a sunrise, a glitter of green and golden wonder in a vast edifice of stone and… — Ansel Adams
- I've always seen modeling as a stepping stone. — Tyra Banks
- Whatever you do, do it with all your might. Work at it, early and late, in season and out of season, not… — P T Barnum
- We idolized the Beatles, except for those of us who idolized the Rolling Stones, who in those days still had many of… — Dave Barry
- I have been a gigantic Rolling Stones fan since approximately the Spanish-American War. — Dave Barry
- People don't understand that that's really what it is. They're looking for a magic phone number or something. And to a certain… — Todd Barry
- Every charitable act is a stepping stone toward heaven. — Henry Ward Beecher
- I never wanted to be a model. My modelling career was nothing but a stepping stone to my acting career and that's… — Halle Berry
- Live are a really good band. I like Stone Temple Pilots, Radiohead I love. Even Oasis. — Nuno Bettencourt
- Memories are like stones, time and distance erode them like acid. — Ugo Betti