Every day I see or hear something that more or less kills me with delight, that leaves me like a needle in the haystack of light.
Mary OliverI worked probably 25 years by myself, just writing and working, not trying to publish much, not giving readings.
Mary OliverI would say that there exists a thousand unbreakable links between each of us and everything else, and that our dignity and our chances are one. The farthest star and the mud at our feet are a family; and there is no decency or sense in honoring one thing, or a few things, and then closing the list. The pine tree, the leopard, the Platte River, and ourselves-we are at risk together, or we are on our way to a sustainable world together, we are each other's destiny.
Mary Oliver