“Whoever you are, no matter how lonely, the world offers itself to your imagination,
calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting – over and over announcing your place in the family of things.”
More from Mary Oliver
“Let me keep my distance, always, from those who think they have the answers.”
“Maybe the desire to make something beautiful is the piece of God that is inside each of…”
“You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred miles…”
“Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?”