” When it’s over, I want to say: all my life
I was a bride married to amazement.
I was the bridegroom, taking the world into my arms.”
from “When Death Comes” by Mary Oliver
Mary Oliver on how to live
July 12, 2009 by Jane Beal
Posted in Observations | Tagged a bride married to amazement, How to Live, Mary Oliver | Leave a Comment
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