I try to be good but sometimes a person just has to break out and act like the wild and springy thing one used to be. It's impossible not to remember… - Mary Oliver

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I try to be good but sometimes
a person just has to break out and
act like the wild and springy thing
one used to be. It's impossible not
to remember wild an want it back.

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About Mary Oliver

Mary Jane Oliver (10 September 1935 – 17 January 2019) was an American poet who won the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize.

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