“You want to cry out aloud for your mistakes. But to tell you the truth the world doesn’t need any more of that sound.”- Mary Oliver

“To pay attention, this is our endless and proper work.”- Mary Oliver

“I simply do not distinguish between work and play.”- Mary Oliver

“Listen. Are you breathing just a little and calling it a life.”- Mary Oliver

“What men build, in the name of security, is built of straw.”- Mary Oliver