Mary Oliver said this quote

“ When When it’s over, it’s over, and we don’t know any of us, what happens then.So I try not to miss anything.I think, in my whole life, I have never missed The full moonor the slipper of its coming back.Or, a kiss.Well, yes, especially a kiss. ”

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Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this too, was a gift.

~ Mary Oliver

Why I Wake Early Hello, sun in my face.Hello, you who made the morningand spread it over the fieldsand into the faces of the tulipsand the nodding morning glories,and into the windows of, even, themiserable and the crotchety – best preacher that ever was,dear star, that just happensto be where you are in the universeto keep us from ever-darkness,to ease us with warm touching,to hold us in the great hands of light –good morning, good morning, good morning.Watch, now, how I start the dayin happiness, in kindness.

~ Mary Oliver

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

~ Mary Oliver

To pay attention, this is our endless and proper work.

~ Mary Oliver