I love the line of Flaubert about observing things very inte... - Mary Oliver
"I love the line of Flaubert about observing things very intensely. I think our duty as writers begins not with our own feelings, but with the powers of observing."
More quotes by Mary Oliver
"I know many lives worth living."
"Poetry is a life-cherishing force."
"To pay attention, this is our endless and proper work."
"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."
"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."