Quotes by : Mary Oliver

When When it’s over, it’s over, and we don’t know any of us, what happens then.So I try not to....

We all have a hungry heart, and one of the things we hunger for is happiness. So as much as I possibly....

DogfishI wantedThe past to go away, I wantedTo leave it, like another country; I wantedMy life to close,....

Language is rich, and malleable. It is a living, vibrant material, and every part of a poem works in....

Poetry is a life-cherishing force.

You must not ever stop being whimsical. And you must not, ever, give anyone else the responsibility for....

Look, the treesare turningtheir own bodiesinto pillarsof light,are giving off the richfragrance of cinnamonand....

The sea can do craziness, it can do smooth, it can lie down like silk breathing or toss havoc shoreward;....

That timeI thought I could notgo any closer to griefwithout dyingI went closer,and I did not die.Surely....

When it's over, I want to say: all my life I was a bride married to amazement. I was the bridegroom,....