I had believed something probably not true, yet it was wonderful to have believed it. - Mary Oliver

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It is the nature of stone to be satisfied. It is the nature of water to want to be somewhere else.

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What kind of life is it always to plan

and do, to promise and finish, to wish

for the near and the safe? Yes, by the

heavens, if I wanted a boat I would want

a boat I couldn't steer.

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Let me keep company always with those who say “Look!” and laugh in astonishment, and bow their heads.

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