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The face of the moose is as sad as the face of Jesus.

Mary Oliver

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Mary Oliver
Age: 83 †
Born: 1935
Born: September 10
Died: 2019
Died: January 17
Climate Activist
Novelist
Poet
Writer
Maple Heights
Ohio
Mary Jane Oliver
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Moose
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I try to be good but sometimes a person just has to break out and act like the wild and springy thing one used to be. It's impossible not to remember wild an want it back.
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This is the first, wildest, and wisest thing I know, that the soul exists, and that it is built entirely out of attention.
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You must not ever stop being whimsical. And you must not, ever, give anyone else the responsibility for your life.
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All eternity is in the moment.
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Sometimes I need only to stand wherever I am to be blessed.
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You may not agree, you may not care, but if you are holding this book you should know that of all the sights I love in this world — and there are plenty — very near the top of the list is this one: dogs without leashes.
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People want poetry. They need poetry. They get it. They don't want fancy work.
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