Quote by Mary Oliver
We all have a hungry heart, and one of the things we hunger for is

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

Other quotes by Mary Oliver

To live in this world, you must be able to do three things: to love what is mortal; to hold it against your bones knowing your own life depends on it; and, when the time comes to let it go, to let it go. – Mary Oliver

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Wise Words
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What can we do but keep on breathing in and out, modest and willing, and in our places? – Mary Oliver

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Breathing
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Happiness
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We are built to conquer environment, solve problems, achieve goals, and we find no real satisfaction or happiness in life without obstacles to conquer and goals to achieve. – Maxwell Maltz

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Happiness

Happiness, to some, elation Is, to others, mere stagnation. – Amy Lowell

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Happiness

Many people are extremely happy, but are absolutely worthless to society. – Charles Gow

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Happiness

Seeking happiness, I passed many travelers headed in the opposite direction, seeking happiness. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Happiness

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Classics are not classics because hoary with age — they are the steel balls which have worn down mountains but remained unchanged in the mill of time. – Martin H. Fischer (1879–1962)

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As a medical doctor, it is my duty to evaluate the situation with as much data as I can gather and as much expertise as I have and as much experience as I have to determine whether or not the wish of the patient is medically justified. – Jack Kevorkian

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A man has his distinctive personal scent which his wife, his children and his dog can recognize. A crowd has a generalized stink. The public is odorless. – W. H. Auden

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