Mary Oliver Quote

It is usually unbearably painful to read a book by an author who knows way less than you do, unless the book is a novel.

A stranger may find beauty in you yet.

Maybe we're just falling stars, we once danced in the same skyline looking down at the world. And we've fallen like all others, from near and far, we've gathered together, but separated by time and sp...

Do not avert your eyes.It is important that you see this.It is important that you feelthis.

You know you're getting old when the candles cost more than the cake.

It's when I hear your heartbeat that I know that I am alive.

How simple a thing it seems to me that to know ourselves as we are, we must know our mothers names.

As much as I would like to know my path, a part of me is telling me that it is better not too know too many details about the end destination or the obstacles on the journey. If I can only see as much...

To begin to know ourselves we must have sincere conversations with ourselves as if with a good friend. We must answer without reserve, listen without judgement, and accept without condition. That is s...

We can learn a lot from animals, if we're prepared to accept that they may just know more about life than what we do.