What did Mary Oliver mean by: And it can keep you as busy as anything else, and happier. - Mary Oliver Poet · USA Copy
+ After a cruel childhood, one must reinvent oneself. Then reimagine the world. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Mary Oliver, Childhood, Resilience, Survival, 0 - Mary Oliver Poet · USA
+ Look for verbs of muscle, adjectives of exactitude. Feraz Zeid, July 9, 2023December 12, 2023, Mary Oliver, Poetry, Verbs, 0 - Mary Oliver Poet · USA
+ Are my boots old? Is my coat torn? / Am I no longer young, and still not half-perfect? Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Mary Oliver, Boots, Perfect, 0 - Mary Oliver Poet · USA
+ Maybe the world, without us, is the real poem. Feraz Zeid, September 27, 2023December 26, 2023, Mary Oliver, 0 - Mary Oliver Poet · USA
+ Every adjective and adverb is worth five cents. Every verb is worth fifty cents. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Mary Oliver, Cents, 0 - Mary Oliver Poet · USA
+ What can we do but keep on breathing in and out, modest and willing, and in our places? Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Mary Oliver, Breathe, Purpose, 0 - Mary Oliver Poet · USA
+ it is a serious thing // just to be alive / on this fresh morning / in this broken world. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Mary Oliver, Broken, Morning, Serious Things, 0 - Mary Oliver Poet · USA
+ A lifetime isn’t long enough for the beauty of this world and the responsibilities of your life. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Mary Oliver, Responsibility, 0 - Mary Oliver Poet · USA
In my experience, being busy and working hard is the key to sanity/happiness. - Jemima Khan Journalist
I figured we’d be too busy running for our lives than for him to make a move anyway. (Dana) - Jenna Black Author
The age we live in is a busy age; in which knowledge is rapidly advancing towards perfection. Explain - Jeremy Bentham Philosopher · England
Many are idly busy; Domitian was busy, but then it was in catching flies. - Jeremy Taylor Clergyman · England
We often become mentally and spiritually barren because we’re so busy. - Franklin Graham Evangelist · USA
Those who are wise won’t be busy, and those who are too busy can’t be wise. - Lin Yutang Writer · China
