"Far off in the red mangroves an alligator……" — Mary Oliver
"Far off in the red mangroves an alligator has heaved himself onto a hummock of grass and lies there, studying his poems."
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210 Quotes by Mary Oliver
Mary Oliver has 210 quotes on this site.
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Come with me into the woods where spring is advancing, as it does, no matter what, not being singular or…
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Each body is a lion of courage, something precious of the earth.
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Don't we all die someday and someday comes all too soon? What will you do with your own wild, glorious…
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Attention is the beginning of devotion.
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On poetry: Everyone wants to know what it means. But nobody is asking, How does it feel?
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And it can keep you as busy as anything else, and happier.
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And I say to my heart: rave on.
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What can we do but keep on breathing in and out, modest and willing, and in our places?
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When I am alone I can become invisible. I can sit on the top of a dune as motionless as…
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Snow was falling, so much like stars filling the dak trees that one could easily imagine its reason for being…
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I very much wished not to be noticed, and to be left alone, and I sort of succeeded.
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There is only one question: / how to love this world.
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More Alligator Quotes
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one of 39 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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Once when I was golfing in Georgia, I hooked the ball into the swamp. I went in after it and…
— Buddy Hackett
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On one hole, I hit an alligator so hard, he's now my golf bag.
— Bob Hope
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It embarrasses me to think of all those years I was buying silk suits and alligator shoes that were hurting…
— George Foreman
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A gun is not a weapon! It's a tool, like a butcher's knife, or a harpoon, or an alligator.
— Homer
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Remember that postcard Grandpa sent us from Florida of that Alligator biting that woman's bottom? That's right, we all thought…
— Homer
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The government competes in the private sector the way an alligator competes with a duck.
— Mike Pence
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First time I saw an alligator gar I damn near threw up. They ain't natural anything get that big. It's…
— Unknown Author
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What is a turducken? An exclusive culinary creation available by special order from some little Cajun town down south. Entirely…
— S.A. Bodeen
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My number one rule is to keep that camera rolling. Even if it's shaky or slightly out of focus, I…
— Steve Irwin
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I look in music magazines now and see things on Luther Allison, and my name's getting out there more, thanks…
— Luther Allison
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When we were shooting in Shreveport, me and a couple of friends went down to Lafayette, because they had a…
— Alexander Skarsgard
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See you later, alligator. After a while, crocodile.
— Bill Haley
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