"I GO DOWN TO THE SHORE I go……" — Mary Oliver
"I GO DOWN TO THE SHORE I go down to the shore in the morning and depending on the hour the waves are rolling in or moving out, and I say, oh, I am miserable, what shall— what should I do? And the sea says in its lovely voice: Excuse me, I have work to do."
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Mary Oliver
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210 Quotes by Mary Oliver
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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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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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