Mary Oliver Quote

To live in this world you must be able to do three things: to love what is mortal; to hold it against your bones knowing your own life depends on it; and, when the time comes to let it go, to let it go.

"In Blackwater Woods" - American Primitive (1983)

To live in this world you must be able to do three things: to love what is mortal; to hold it against your bones knowing your own life depends on it; ...

To live in this world you must be able to do three things: to love what is mortal; to hold it against your bones knowing your own life depends on it; ...

To live in this world you must be able to do three things: to love what is mortal; to hold it against your bones knowing your own life depends on it; ...

To live in this world you must be able to do three things: to love what is mortal; to hold it against your bones knowing your own life depends on it; ...