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Mary Oliver was an American poet who won the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize.
She was born in Maple Heights, Ohio, in 1935.
She attended Ohio State University and Vassar College, but did not graduate from either institution.
She lived in Provincetown, Massachusetts, and Hobe Sound, Florida.
Her work is inspired by nature, rather than the human world.
She is known for her simple, lyrical style and her deep appreciation for the natural world.
She died in 2019 at the age of 83.
Her work continues to be read and loved by people all over the world.

To pay attention, this is our endless and proper work.

Mary Oliver

I read the way a person might swim, to save his or her life. I wrote that way too.

Mary Oliver

Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this too, was a gift.

Mary Oliver

It is better for the heart to break, than not to break.

Mary Oliver

You must not ever stop being whimsical. And you must not, ever, give anyone else the responsibility for your life.

Mary Oliver

 inspirational quotes - Image for quote : Instructions for living a life. Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it.

Instructions for living a life. Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it.

Mary Oliver

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