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Mary Oliver Quote: “I did not think of language as the means to self-description. I thought of it as the door – a thousand opening doors! – past myself. I thought of it as the means to notice, to contemplate, to praise, and, thus, to come into power.”

351. “I did not think of language as the means to self-description. I thought of it as the door – a thousand opening doors! – past myself. I thought of it as the means to notice, to contemplate, to praise, and, thus, to come into power.”

— Mary Oliver

Mary Oliver Quote: “I cherish two sentences and keep them close to my desk. The first is by Flaubert. I came upon it among Van Gough’s letters. It says, simply, ‘Talent is long patience, and originality an effort of will and of intense observation.”

352. “I cherish two sentences and keep them close to my desk. The first is by Flaubert. I came upon it among Van Gough’s letters. It says, simply, ‘Talent is long patience, and originality an effort of will and of intense observation.”

— Mary Oliver

Mary Oliver Quote: “One learns thinking about writing, and by talking about writing – but primarily through writing.”

353. “One learns thinking about writing, and by talking about writing – but primarily through writing.”

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Mary Oliver Quote: “I look upon time as no more than an idea, and I consider eternity as another possibility.”

354. “I look upon time as no more than an idea, and I consider eternity as another possibility.”

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Mary Oliver Quote: “It is supposed that a writer writes what he knows about and knows well. It is not necessarily so. A writer’s subject may just as well, if not more likely, be what the writer longs for and dreams about, in an unquenchable dream, in lush detail and harsh honesty.”

355. “It is supposed that a writer writes what he knows about and knows well. It is not necessarily so. A writer’s subject may just as well, if not more likely, be what the writer longs for and dreams about, in an unquenchable dream, in lush detail and harsh honesty.”

— Mary Oliver

Mary Oliver Quote: “Try to find the right place for yourself. If you can’t find it, at least dream of it.”

356. “Try to find the right place for yourself. If you can’t find it, at least dream of it.”

— Mary Oliver

Mary Oliver Quote: “If it is... not just one’s own accomplishment that carries one from this green and mortal world – that lifts the latch and gives a glimpse into a greater paradise – then perhaps one has the sensibility: a gratitude apart from authorship, a fervor and desire beyond the margins of the self.”

357. “If it is... not just one’s own accomplishment that carries one from this green and mortal world – that lifts the latch and gives a glimpse into a greater paradise – then perhaps one has the sensibility: a gratitude apart from authorship, a fervor and desire beyond the margins of the self.”

— Mary Oliver

Mary Oliver Quote: “Writing is neither vibrant life nor docile artifact but a text that would put all its money on the hope of suggestion.”

358. “Writing is neither vibrant life nor docile artifact but a text that would put all its money on the hope of suggestion.”

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Mary Oliver Quote: “A poem should always have birds in it.”

359. “A poem should always have birds in it.”

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Mary Oliver Quote: “What lay on the road was no mere handful of snake. It was the copperhead at last, golden under the street lamp. I hope to see everything in this world before I die.”

360. “What lay on the road was no mere handful of snake. It was the copperhead at last, golden under the street lamp. I hope to see everything in this world before I die.”

— Mary Oliver

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