Mary OliverSo come to the pond, or the river of your imagination, or the harbor of your longing, and put your lips to the world. And live your life.
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No man can live without drinking from the spring of life. It is the only way he can survive. The more we drink from the spring, the more we know about it and the more we understand it. Our understanding grows and grows, and soon we’re like a great sage whose words become like poetry.
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