Mary Oliver

I have a notion that if you are going to be spiritually curious, you better not get cluttered up with too many material things. ↗

— Mary Oliver

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I very much wished not to be noticed, and to be left alone, and I sort of succeeded. ↗

— Mary Oliver

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I worked probably 25 years by myself, just writing and working, not trying to publish much, not giving readings. ↗

— Mary Oliver

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If I've done my work well, I vanish completely from the scene. I believe it is invasive of the work when you know too much about the writer. ↗

— Mary Oliver

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My first two books are out of print and, okay, they can sleep there comfortably. It's early work, derivative work. ↗

— Mary Oliver

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