Poetry is a life-cherishing force.

"You are young. So you know everything. You leap into the boat and begin rowing. But, listen to me. Without fanfare, without embarrassment, without doubt,I talk directly to your soul. Listen to me."

Mary Oliver

"It does no good to bark at the television,I said. I’ve tried it too. So he stopped."

Mary Oliver

"I read the way a person might swim, to save his or her life. I wrote that way too."

Mary Oliver