"Poetry isn’t a profession, it’s a way of life. It’s an empty basket; you put your life into it and make something out of that."
― Mary Oliver
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Poetry
More From Mary Oliver
- "I simply do not distinguish between work and play."
- "We all have a hungry heart, and one of the things we hunger for is happiness. So as much as I possibly could, I stayed where I was happy. I spent a great deal of time in my younger years just writing and reading, walking around the woods in Ohio, where I grew up."
- "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."