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Mary Oliver Quotes

Keep some room in your heart for the unimaginable.

Mary Oliver (2009). “Evidence: Poems”, p.43, Beacon Press

Every day I walk out into the world / to be dazzled, then to be reflective.

Mary Oliver (2006). “Owls and Other Fantasies: Poems and Essays”, p.67, Beacon Press

Things take the time they take. Don't worry.

Mary Oliver (2015). “Felicity: Poems”, p.8, Penguin

Sometimes I need only to stand wherever I am to be blessed.

Mary Oliver (2009). “Evidence: Poems”, p.21, Beacon Press

One day you finally knew what you had to do, and began.

Mary Oliver (1986). “Dream Work”, p.38, Atlantic Monthly Press

Around me the trees stir in their leaves and call out, Stay awhile.

Mary Oliver (2006). “Thirst: Poems”, p.11, Beacon Press

The dream of my life is to lie down by a slow river and stare at the light in the trees - to learn something by being nothing

Mary Oliver (2017). “Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver”, p.371, Penguin

If you suddenly and unexpectedly feel joy, don’t hesitate. Give in to it.

Mary Oliver (2010). “Swan: Poems and Prose Poems”, p.49, Beacon Press