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To live in this world, you must be able to do three things: to lov

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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Poetry isnt a profession, its a way of life. Its an empty basket you put your life into it and make something out of that. – 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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For visions come not to polluted eyes. – Mary Howitt

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Sandwich every bit of criticism between two thick layers of praise. – Mary Kay Ash

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Toss your dashed hopes not into a trash bin but into a drawer where you are likely to rummage some bright morning. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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

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