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Woods 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…
- 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,…
- 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…
- Ordinarily, I go to the woods alone, with not a single friend, for they are all smilers and talkers and therefore unsuitable. I don't really…
- We all have a hungry heart, and one of the things we hunger for is happiness. So as much as I possibly could, I stayed…
- Every spring I hear the thrush singing in the glowing woods he is only passing through. His voice is deep, then he lifts it until…
More Woods Quotes
- I didn't go to school for a full year until I was 12. In the summer I was a wild child in… — Margaret Atwood
- I grew up in the north woods of Canada. You had to know certain things about survival. Wilderness survival courses weren't very… — Margaret Atwood
- Bad company is like a nail driven into a post, which, after the first and second blow, may be drawn out with… — Saint Augustine
- Age appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and… — Francis Bacon
- One of the places where we lived when I was growing up had this big wood out the back. And starting when… — Christian Bale
- Jews have God's promise and if we Christians have it, too, then it is only as those chosen with them, as guests… — Karl Barth
- I am not bound for any public place, but for ground of my own where I have planted vines and orchard trees,… — Wendell Berry
- The three great elemental sounds in nature are the sound of rain, the sound of wind in a primeval wood, and the… — Henry Beston
- I always said that if I could just find a guy who could chop wood and had a nice smile, it wouldn't… — Sade Adu
- I see so many guys, really athletic guys, wearing pleats and I just shake my head. Like, Tiger Woods used to wear… — Tom Brady
- I remember when Victoria Wood started to come through, and I thought she was great, though she and I are very different… — Jo Brand
- I have two brothers and we basically spent our lives playing in the woods, falling in ponds, getting chased by wasps and… — Jo Brand