Mary Oliver (born September 10, 1935) is an American poet who has won the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize. The New York Times described her as "far and away, best-selling poet".
Read more about Mary Oliver: Early Life, Adult Life and Career, Poetic Identity, Critical Reviews, Selected Awards and Honors
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“All my life
I have been restless—
I have felt there is something
more wonderful than gloss—
than wholeness—
than staying at home.”
—Mary Oliver (b. 1935)
“The traveller on the prarie is naturally a hunter, on the head waters of the Missouri and Columbia a trapper, and at the Falls of St. Mary a fisherman.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“When it’s over I don’t want to wonder
if I have made of my life something particular, and real.
I don’t want to find myself sighing and frightened,
or full of argument.
I don’t want to end up simply having visited this world.”
—Mary Oliver (b. 1935)