Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life? Mary Oliver lifeplanprecious Change image and share on social
My parents didn't care very much what I did, and that was probably a blessing. Mary Oliver blesscareparent Change image and share on social
Apparently, I've been considered a recluse. Mary Oliver apparentlyconsiderhave Change image and share on social
To live in this world, you must be able to do three things: to love what is mortal; to hold it against your bones knowing your own life depends on it; and, when the time comes to let it go, to let it go. Mary Oliver bonedependhold share on social
I was very careful never to take an interesting job. If you have an interesting job, you get interested in it. Mary Oliver carefulinterestjob Change image and share on social
So this is how you swim inward. So this is how you flow outwards. So this is how you pray. Mary Oliver flowoutwardpray Change image and share on social
Sometimes breaking the rules is extending the rules. Mary Oliver breakextendrule Change image and share on social
I consider myself kind of a reporter - one who uses words that are more like music and that have a choreography. I never think of myself as a poet; I just get up and write. Mary Oliver choreographykindmusic Change image and share on social
There is nothing better than work. Work is also play; children know that. Children play earnestly as if it were work. But people grow up, and they work with a sorrow upon them. It's duty. Mary Oliver childdutyearnestly Change image and share on social
