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Them Quotes by Mary Oliver
- Children play earnestly as if it were work. But people grow up, and they work with a sorrow upon them. It's duty.
- A dog comes to you and lives with you in your own house, but you do not therefore own her, as you do not own…
- The poet must not only write the poem but must scrutinize the world intensely, or anyway that part of the world he or she has…
- 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,…
- 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…
- And I do not want anymore to be useful, to be docile, to lead / children out of the fields into the text / of…
- There are things you can’t reach. But You can reach out to them, and all day long. The wind, the bird flying away. The idea…
- And there you are on the shore, fitful and thoughtful, trying to attach them to an idea — some news of your own life. But…
- 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…
- I do not live happily or comfortably With the cleverness of our times. The talk is all about computers, The news is all about bombs…
More Them Quotes
- Poets are the only people to whom love is not only a crucial, but an indispensable experience, which entitles them to mistake… — Hannah Arendt
- A high heart ought to bear calamities and not flee them, since in bearing them appears the grandeur of the mind and… — Pietro Aretino
- If you want to annoy your neighbors, tell the truth about them. — 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
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of… — Aristotle
- Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes… — Aristotle
- Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms. — Aristotle
- Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them. — Aristotle
- Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit. — Aristotle
- Stories surge up out of nowhere, and if they feel compelling, you follow them. You let them unfold inside you and see… — Paul Auster