"I believe in kindness. Also in mischief...." - Quote by Mary Oliver

“I worked probably 25 years by myself, just writing and working, not trying to publish much, not giving readings.”

“Every adjective and adverb is worth five cents. Every verb is worth fifty cents.”

“Hello, sun in my face. Hello you who made the morning and spread it over the fields...Watch, now, how I start the day in happiness, in kindness.”

“It is not the strengths, but the durations of great sentiments that make great men.”

“Is she kind as she is fair?”

“[S]he stood for some moments gazing at the sisters, with affection beaming in one eye, and calculation shining out of the other.”

“I'd like to be remembered for being a good, kind, loving, gentle man who attempted to live wisely, and who cared a lot.”

“Look at each day as a chance to invest life into life. A chance to share your experience and deposit it into someone else's conscience. Each day is a chance to work miracles in the lives of others.”

“There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.”