"Wild sings the bird of the heart..." - Quote by Mary Oliver
Wild sings the bird of the heart in the forests of our lives.
More by 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.”
“Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this too, was a gift.”
“If I've done my work well, I vanish completely from the scene. I believe it is invasive of the work when you know too much about the writer.”
More on Inner Self
“Your richest veins don't lie nearest the surface.”
“The myriad things are complete in us. There is no greater joy than to reflect on ourselves and become sincere.”
“Persecution cannot harm him who stands by Truth. Did not Socrates fall proudly a victim in body? Was not Paul stoned for the sake of the Truth? It is our inner selves that hurt us when we disobey it, and it kills us when we betray it.”