Emily

“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, New and Selected Poems, Volume One

“We tell ourselves stories in order to live.”
― Joan Didion, The White Album

“Woke up this morning with a terrific urge to lie in bed all day and read.”
― Raymond Carver

“Instructions for living a life.
Pay attention.
Be astonished.
Tell about it.”
― Mary Oliver