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Wild Geese

Name: Wild Geese
ISBN: 1852246286

: Selected Poems

by Mary Oliver

An anthology, this book's title poem, Wild Geese, opened Staying Alive.

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“You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees.”

— Mary Oliver, amazon.com

Tagged: Reminders, Quote of the Moment, Being Good, Being perfect, Perfectionism

“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, amazon.com

Tagged: Letting Go, life advice