Mary Oliver's Quote - To live in this world, you must be able to do three things: to lov

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

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Listen, are you breathing just a little and calling it a life? – 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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