"I read the way a person might..." - Quote by Mary Oliver

“I know the sag of the unfinished poem. And I know the release of the poem that is finished.”

“In this universe we are given two gifts: the ability to love and the ability to question. Which are, at the same time, the fires that warm us and the fires that scorch us.”

“Whoever you are, no matter how lonely, the world offers itself to your imagination.”

“A day out-of-doors, someone I loved to talk with, a good book and some simple food and music - that would be rest.”

“You should love literature. You should live in the library. Forget about films.”

“Those who do not read have no advantage over those who cannot read.”

“Writing doesn't require drive. It's like saying a chicken has to have drive to lay an egg.”

“And if I had not a letter to write myself, I might sit by you and admire the evenness of your writing, as another young lady once did. But I have an aunt too, who must not be longer neglected.”

“Men of wit, learning and virtue might strike out every offensive or unbecoming passage from plays.”