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1 " A lifetime isn’t long enough for the beauty of this world and the responsibilities of your life.Scatter your flowers over the graves, and walk away. Be good-natured and untidy in your exuberance.In the glare of your mind, be modest.And beholden to what is tactile, and thrilling. "
― Mary Oliver , The Leaf and the Cloud: A Poem
2 " When loneliness comes stalking, go into the fields, consider the orderliness of the world. "
3 " If you are in the garden, I will dress myself in leaves. If you are in the sea I will slide into that smooth blue nest, I will talk fish, I will adore salt. But if you are sad, I will not dress myself in desolation. I will present myself with all the laughters I can muster. And if you are angry I will come, calm and steady, with some small and easy story. "
4 " Because there is no substitute for vigorous and exact description, I would like to say how your eyes, at twilight, reflect, at the same time, the beauty of the world, and its crimes. "
