To pay attention, this is our endless and proper work. - Mary Oliver

"Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this too, was a gift."

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

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

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