More quotes by Mary Oliver

"Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?"
"It is better for the heart to break, than not to break."
"Still, what I want in my lifeis to be willingto be dazzled—to cast aside the weight of factsand maybe evento float a littleabove this difficult world."
"To pay attention, this is our endless and proper work."
"the stars began to burnthrough the sheets of clouds,and there was a new voicewhich you slowlyrecognized as your own"