"I always feel that whatever isn't necessary..." - Quote by Mary Oliver

“Do you love this world? Do you cherish your humble and silky life? Do you adore the green grass, with its terror beneath? Do you also hurry, half-dressed and barefoot, into the garden, and softly, and exclaiming of their dearness, fill your arms with the white and pink flowers, with their honeyed heaviness, their lush trembling, their eagerness to be wild and perfect for a moment, before they are nothing, forever?”

“As a child, what captivated me was reading the poems myself and realizing that there was a world without material substance which was nevertheless as alive as any other.”

“Things take the time they take. Don't worry.”

“When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the area of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses.”

“Before now poetry has taken noticeOf wars, and what are wars but politicsTransformed from chronic to acute and bloody?”

“I end not far from my going forth By picking the faded blue Of the last remaining aster flower To carry again to you.”

“The most beautiful colors laid on at random, give less pleasure than a black-and-white drawing.”

“The sweetness of life lies in dispensing with formalities.”

“Knowing things halfway is a greater success than knowing things completely: it takes things to be simpler than they really are andso makes its opinions more easily understandable and persuasive.”