“It's very important to write things down instantly, or you can lose the way you were thinking out a line. I have a rule that if I wake up at 3 in the morning and think of something, I write it down. I can't wait until morning -- it'll be gone."
[Maria Shriver Interviews the Famously Private Poet Mary Oliver (O Magazine, March 2011)]”
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[Maria Shriver Interviews the Famously Private Poet Mary Oliver (O Magazine, March 2011)]”
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“My voice goes after what my eyes cannot reach, with the twirl of my tongue I encompass words and volumes of words”
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“Therefore, dark past,
I’m about to do it.
I’m about to forgive you
for everything.”
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I’m about to do it.
I’m about to forgive you
for everything.”
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“What doesn’t kill you leaves scars, ruins your lungs, dries out all your tears, leaves you lying awake at 4 in the morning
wishing you weren’t alive.”
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wishing you weren’t alive.”
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