What did Mary Oliver mean by: I don’t ask for the sights in front of me to change, only the depth of my seeing. - Mary Oliver Poet · USA Copy
+ On poetry: Everyone wants to know what it means. But nobody is asking, How does it feel? Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Mary Oliver, 0 - Mary Oliver Poet · USA
+ In the glare of your mind, be modest. And beholden to what is tactile, and thrilling. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Mary Oliver, Humility, Mind, 0 - Mary Oliver Poet · USA
+ Around me the trees stir in their leaves and call out, Stay awhile. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Mary Oliver, Nature, 0 - Mary Oliver Poet · USA
+ There are a hundred paths through the world that are easier than loving. But who wants easier? Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Mary Oliver, Love, Marriage, 0 - Mary Oliver Poet · USA
+ I don’t know exactly what a prayer is. I do know how to pay attention. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Mary Oliver, Attention, Prayer, 0 - Mary Oliver Poet · USA
+ Sometimes I need only to stand wherever I am to be blessed. Feraz Zeid, October 10, 2023December 26, 2023, Mary Oliver, Attitude, Blessed, 0 - Mary Oliver Poet · USA
+ Who do you want to be in your one wild and precious life? Feraz Zeid, September 21, 2023December 24, 2023, Mary Oliver, 0 - Mary Oliver Poet · USA
+ One thing I do know is that poetry, to be understood, must be clear. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Mary Oliver, Understood, 0 - Mary Oliver Poet · USA
I don’t think we should speak so much. What if we were singing a song? We split, whilst singing. - Jean Gabin
There it is: I am gently slipping into the water’s depths, towards fear. Explain - Jean-Paul Sartre Philosopher · France
Our own front door can be a wonderful thing, or a sight we dread; rarely is it only a door. - Jeanette Winterson Author · England
My sight is bad, my hearing is bad, I feel bad, but I don’t suffer, I don’t complain. - Jeanne Calment Painter · France
Blessed are those who, in the face of death, think only about the front sight. - Jeff Cooper Firearms instructor and author
I still feel the same way about God’s Word as I did when I was 15 and lost my sight. - Jennifer Rothschild Speaker/Author/Bible Teacher