Still, what I want in my lifeis to be willingto be dazzled—t... - Mary Oliver

"To pay attention, this is our endless and proper work."

"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."

"I know many lives worth living."

"It is better for the heart to break, than not to break."

"Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?"