Mary Oliver Quotes about Giving

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

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

Mary Oliver

Giving, Joy, Feels

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

You must not ever stop being whimsical. And you must not, ever, give anyone else the responsibility for your life.

Mary Oliver

Life, Responsibility, Giving

Mary Oliver (1995). “Blue Pastures”, Harcourt

And it is exceedingly short, his galloping life. Dogs die so soon. I have my stories of that grief, no doubt many of you do also. It is almost a failure of will, a failure of love, to let them grow old-or so it feels. We would do anything to keep them with us, and to keep them young. The one gift we cannot give.

Mary Oliver

Dog, Grief, Giving

Mary Oliver (2013). “Dog Songs: Deluxe Edition”, p.62, Penguin

And over one more set of hills, along the sea, the last roses have opened their factories of sweetness and are giving it back to the world. If I had another life I would want to spend it all on some unstinting happiness.

Mary Oliver

Flower, Sea, Giving

Mary Oliver (2004). “Blue Iris: Poems and Essays”, Beacon Press (MA)

Mary Oliver Quotes about Giving

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