Mary Oliver Quotes & Sayings

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This is the first, wildest, and wisest thing I know, that the soul exists, and that it is built entirely out of attention.

To pay attention, this is our endless and proper work

Almost anything is too much. I am trying in my poems to have the reader be the experiencer. I do not want to be there. It is not even a walk we take together.

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As a child, what captivated me was reading the poems myself and realizing that there was a world without material substance which was nevertheless as alive as any other.

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I have a notebook with me all the time, and I begin scribbling a few words. When things are going well, the walk does not get anywhere; I finally just stop and write.

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