Mary Oliver

I simply do not distinguish between work and play.

Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?

In college, you learn how to learn. Four years is not too much time to spend at that.

Strictly speaking, the idea of a scientific poem is probably as nonsensical as that of a poetic science.

I wanted to be a teacher, but I was a lousy student, one of the slowest readers. It was a tremendous struggle. But I'm lucky I had some teachers who saw something in me.