the stars began to burnthrough the sheets of clouds,and ther... - Mary Oliver

"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."

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

"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."

"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."