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I feel the terror of idleness, like a red thirst. Death isn't just an idea.

I feel the terror of idleness, like a red thirst. Death isn't just an idea.

Mary Oliver
Ideas, Red, Terror
Mary Oliver (2012). “House of Light”, p.29, Beacon Press

At Blackwater Pond the tossed waters have settled after a night of rain. I dip my cupped hands. I drink a long time. It tastes like stone, leaves, fire. It falls cold into my body, waking the bones. I hear them deep inside me, whispering oh what is that beautiful thing that just happened?

Mary Oliver
Beautiful, Rain, Fall
Mary Oliver (2013). “New and Selected Poems, Volume One”, p.236, Beacon Press

And it can keep you as busy as anything else, and happier.

Mary Oliver
Inspirational, Busy
Mary Oliver (2004). “Why I Wake Early: New Poems”, p.8, Beacon Press

I know many lives worth living.

Mary Oliver
Life Worth Living, Knows, Worth Living

It was not a choice of writing or not writing. It was a choice of loving my life or not loving my life. To keep writing was always a first priority.... I worked probably 25 years by myself.... Just writing and working, not trying to publish much. Not giving readings. A longer time than people really are willing to commit before they want to go public.

Mary Oliver
Reading, Writing, Years

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