Mary Oliver Quotes - Page 3
Because of the dog’s joyfulness, our own is increased. It is no small gift.
Mary Oliver (2013). “Dog Songs: Deluxe Edition”, p.63, Penguin
Mary Oliver (2017). “Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver”, p.213, Penguin
Said the river: imagine everything you can imagine, then keep on going.
Mary Oliver (2009). “Evidence: Poems”, p.51, Beacon Press
You, too, can be carved anew by the details of your devotion.
Mary Oliver (2005). “Long Life: Essays and Other Writings”, p.98, Da Capo Press
Mary Oliver (2004). “Why I Wake Early: New Poems”, p.8, Beacon Press
Listen--are you breathing just a little, and calling it a life?
Mary Oliver (2006). “New and Selected Poems, Volume Two”, p.149, Beacon Press
... Let us risk the wildest places, Lest we go down in comfort, and despair.
Mary Oliver (1993). “New and Selected Poems”, Beacon Press (MA)
Mary Oliver (1994). “A Poetry Handbook”, p.122, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Mary Oliver (2016). “Upstream: Selected Essays”, p.21, Penguin
Mary Oliver (2017). “Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver”, p.215, Penguin
Mary Oliver (2005). “New and Selected Poems, Volume Two”, Beacon Press (MA)
Mary Oliver (2012). “A Thousand Mornings: Poems”, p.11, Penguin
Mary Oliver (2006). “Thirst: Poems”, p.8, Beacon Press
Wild sings the bird of the heart in the forests of our lives.
Mary Oliver (2006). “New and Selected Poems, Volume Two”, p.45, Beacon Press
Mary Oliver (2006). “Thirst: Poems”, p.72, Beacon Press
Mary Oliver (2008). “Red Bird: Poems”, p.70, Beacon Press
Mary Oliver (2004). “Why I Wake Early: New Poems”, p.3, Beacon Press
Mary Oliver (1994). “A Poetry Handbook”, p.66, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Mary Oliver (1995). “Blue Pastures”, Harcourt
Mary Oliver (1998). “West Wind: Poems and Prose Poems”, p.61, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt