Poetry Quote by Mary Oliver — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

““When it's over, I want to say: all my life”

“From the complications of loving you”

“Look, the trees”

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

“Gannets”

“I want to think again of dangerous and noble things.”

“you can take this mouth”

“Why are there trees I never walk under but large and melodious thoughts descend upon me?”

“Ignorance and virtue suck on the same straw...”

“I don't feel strong anymore”

“I feel the only thing you can do about life is to preserve it, by art if you're an artist, by children if you're not.”

“No poet, no artist of any art, has his complete meaning alone. His significance, his appreciation is the appreciation of his relation to the dead poets and artists. You cannot value him alone; you must set him, for contrast and comparison, among the dead.”