My first two books are out of print and, okay, they can sleep there comfortably. It's early work, derivative work.
More Quotes from 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.Mary Oliver
I love the line of Flaubert about observing things very intensely. I think our duty as writers begins not with our own feelings, but with the powers of observing.
Mary Oliver
Poetry isn't a profession, it's a way of life. It's an empty basket; you put your life into it and make something out of that.
Mary Oliver
In college, you learn how to learn. Four years is not too much time to spend at that.
Mary Oliver
Writers sometimes give up what is most strange and wonderful about their writing - soften their roughest edges - to accommodate themselves toward a group response.
Mary Oliver
Readers Who Like This Quotation Also Like:
Based on Topics: Books Quotes, Work & Career QuotesBased on Keywords: comfortably, derivative
When you have police officers who abuse citizens, you erode public confidence in law enforcement. That makes the job of good police officers unsafe.
Mary Frances Berry
Designis a revelation to me. It's like taking something that is not alive and giving it form, shape, substance, and life.
Geoffrey Beene
Just be patient. Let the game come to you. Don't rush. Be quick, but don't hurry.
Earl Monroe