It has always been dangerous to institutionalize hope, and we no longer live in a society in which we will be allowed to institutionalize memory.

She had given up many of her desires so that her parents would continue to love her as they had when she was a child, even though she knew that real love changes and grows with time and discovers new ways of expressing itself.

I don&#39;t believe in that kind of pragmatic career ladder stuff.

If I&#39;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.

I have a notebook with me all the time, and I begin scribbling a few words. When things are going well, the walk does not get anywhere; I finally just stop and write.

Mary Oliver

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