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
What can we do but keep on breathing in and out, modest and willing, and in our places? – Mary Oliver
I very much wished not to be noticed, and to be left alone, and I sort of succeeded. – 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