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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

We shake with joy, we shake with grief. What a time they have, these two housed as they are in the same body.

Mary Oliver
Grief, Two, Joy
Mary Oliver (2009). “Evidence: Poems”, p.13, Beacon Press

Joy is not made to be a crumb. (Don't Hesitate)

Mary Oliver
Joy, Crumbs, Made

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