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Quote by Mary Oliver
I very much wished not to be noticed, and to be left alone, and I

I very much wished not to be noticed, and to be left alone, and I sort of succeeded. – 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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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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I grew up in a very large family in a very small house. I never slept alone until after I was married. – Lewis Grizzard

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To live alone is the fate of all great souls. – Arthur Schopenhauer

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I never did anything alone. Whatever was accomplished in this country was accomplished collectively. – Golda Meir

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Observe, record, tabulate, communicate. Use your five senses. Learn to see, learn to hear, learn to feel, learn to smell, and know that by practice alone you can become expert. – William Osler

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