"On poetry: Everyone wants to know what..." - Quote by Mary Oliver

“I do not live happily or comfortably With the cleverness of our times. The talk is all about computers, The news is all about bombs and blood. This morning, in the fresh field, I came upon a hidden nest. It held four warm, speckled eggs. I touched them. Then went away softly, Having felt something more wonderful Than all the electricity of New York City.”

“We shake with joy, we shake with grief.What a time they have, these twohoused as they are in the same body.”

“Tell me what it is you plan to do with your one wild and precious life? When it's over, I want to say: all my life I was a bride, married to amazement. I was the bridegroom, taking the world into my arms. Instructions for living a life: pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it.”

“The great poet draws his creations only from out of his own reality.”

“There is a property in the horizon which no man has, but he whose eyes can integrate all the parts,--that is, the poet.”

“Do you know, Considering the market, there are more Poems produced than any other thing? No wonder poets sometimes have to seem So much more businesslike than businessmen. Their wares are so much harder to get rid of.”

“Depression seems to be related to fear, anger and frustration. When you're in a bad mood, even if you meet with your friends, you don't take pleasure in their company. But when you're in a good mood, even if things go wrong, you can cope with them without difficulty. This is why putting yourself in a good mood, making a point of developing a sense of loving kindness gives you greater inner strength.”

“I learned more from the first stupid woman who fell in love with me than ever my brains taught me.”

“Run mad as often as you choose, but do not faint!”