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To pay attention, this is our endless and proper work. - Mary Oliv

To pay attention, this is our endless and proper work. – Mary Oliver

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We all have a hungry heart, and one of the things we hunger for is happiness. So as much as I possibly could, I stayed where I was happy. I spent a great deal of time in my younger years just writing and reading, walking around the woods in Ohio, where I grew up. – Mary Oliver

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Happiness
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Mary Oliver
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Its very important to write things down instantly, or you can lose the way you were thinking out a line. I have a rule that if I wake up at 3 in the morning and think of something, I write it down. I cant wait until morning – itll be gone. – Mary Oliver

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Morning
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Mary Oliver
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