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" Still, what I want in my life
is to be willing
to be dazzled—
to cast aside the weight of facts

and maybe even
to float a little
above this difficult world.
I want to believe I am looking

into the white fire of a great mystery.
I want to believe that the imperfections are nothing—
that the light is everything—that it is more than the sum
of each flawed blossom rising and falling. And I do. "

Mary Oliver , House of Light


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Mary Oliver quote : Still, what I want in my life<br />is to be willing<br />to be dazzled—<br />to cast aside the weight of facts<br /><br />and maybe even<br />to float a little<br />above this difficult world.<br />I want to believe I am looking<br /><br />into the white fire of a great mystery.<br />I want to believe that the imperfections are nothing—<br />that the light is everything—that it is more than the sum<br />of each flawed blossom rising and falling. And I do.