More quotes by Mary Oliver

"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."
"Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this too, was a gift."
"I know many lives worth living."
"the stars began to burnthrough the sheets of clouds,and there was a new voicewhich you slowlyrecognized as your own"