"Language is, in other words, not necessary, but……" — Mary Oliver
"Language is, in other words, not necessary, but voluntary. If it were necessary, it would have stayed simple; it would not agitate our hearts with ever-present loveliness and ever-cresting ambiguity; it would not dream, on its long white bones, of turning into song."
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Mary Oliver
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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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Organize, agitate, educate, must be our war cry.
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Agitate him and ascertain the pattern of his movement.
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