The best Quotes by Mary Oliver

The best Quotes by Mary Oliver

Mary Jane Oliver (September 10, 1935 – January 17, 2019) was an American poet who won the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize. Her work is inspired by nature, rather than the human world, stemming from her lifelong passion for solitary walks in the wild.

August of another summer, and once again I am drinking the sun and the lilies again are spread across the water.

Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?

I acknowledge my feeling and gratitude for life by praising the world and whoever made all these things.

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I realise that it is August: the summer's last stand.

Sara Baume in A Line Made by Walking

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August is the border between summer and autumn; it is the most beautiful month I know.

Tove Jansson

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The quiet August noon has come;
A slumberous silence fills the sky;
The winds are still, the trees are dumb,
In glassy sleep the waters lie.

William Cullen Bryant - A Summer Ramble

Less than a month ago all of August still stretched before us - long and golden and reassuring, like an endless period of delicious sleep.

Lauren Oliver

August is a gentle reminder for not having done a single thing from your new year resolution for seven months and not doing any for the next five.

Everything good, everything magical happens between the months of June and August.

Summer June July August

Breathe the sweetness that hovers in August.

Denise Levertov

August Breathing

Nobody is perfect, but people born in August almost get there.

August is like the Sunday of summer.

August rain: the best of the summer gone, and the new fall not yet born. The odd uneven time.

Sylvia Plath

If June was the beginning of a hopeful summer, and July the juice middle, August was suddenly feeling like the bitter end.

Sarah Dessen

June July August

Anyone else got the feeling that July lasted exactly three days?

Hey August, let's go out together in the next thirty days!

All the other months are just crude experiments, out of which the perfect August is made.

Summer - the seasons between spring and autumn, comprising in the Northern Hemisphere
the warmest months of the year: June, July and August.
The period of finest development, perfection, or beauty previous to any decline; the summer of life.

Cecelia Ahern

Summer June July August

In August, the large masses of berries, which, when in flower, had attracted many wild bees, gradually assumed their bright velvety crimson hue, and by their weight again bent down and broke their tender limbs.

Henry David Thoreau

Some a-hole leaks it online and I'm like, you know, looking at the guy in the mirror brushing my teeth, "Dude, what have you done? This could be punishable by law!" But the internet forced the studio to say, "We're gonna make this movie", and 24 hours later, that movie had a green light.

Ryan Reynolds - September 2025

But I don't understand why the Jeffrey Epstein case would be of interest to anybody. It's pretty boring stuff, it's sordid but it's boring and I don't understand why it keeps going.

Donald Trump - July 2025

The Epstein Files

There are two kinds of big companies in the United States. There are those who've been hacked by the Chinese, and those who don't know they've been hacked by the Chinese.

James Comey

I believe that Americans should be deeply skeptical of government power. You cannot trust people in power. The founders knew that. That's why they divided power among three branches, to set interest against interest.

James Comey

I will do everything if confirmed as FBI director to make sure the American public knows the full weight of what happened.

Kash Patel - Januar 2025

The Epstein Files

Technology has forever changed the world we live in. We're online, in one way or another, all day long. Our phones and computers have become reflections of our personalities, our interests, and our identities. They hold much that is important to us.

James Comey

There are well over 250 victims, so we have to make sure that their identity is protected. Other than that, I think tomorrow you're gonna see some Epstein information being released by my office. What you're gonna see is a lot of flight-logs, a lot of names, a lot of information.

Pam Bondi - February 2025

The Epstein Files

The people of the FBI are sworn to protect both security and liberty. It isn't a question of conflict. We must care deeply about protecting liberty through due process of law, while also safeguarding the citizens we serve - in every investigation.

James Comey

It's sitting on my desk right now to review. The Trump administration is committed to truth and transparency.

Pam Bondi - February 2025

The Epstein Files

It's a very delicate subject but we should put everything out there and let the people decide it.

Mike Johnson - July 2025

The Epstein Files

All I'm going to say is I put my hand on a Bible, and I raised my right hand and swore to uphold the Constitution of the state of Florida.

Historically, there has been a clear and essential connection between marriage and responsible procreation and child rearing.

Will I support our president, whoever that might be? Absolutely. Did I vote for Donald Trump? Absolutely.

Anyone who attacks our LGBT community, anyone who attacks anyone in our state, will be gone after with the full extent of the law.

All I want to do is be the best attorney general that I can be.

For too long, government bureaucracies have hindered the growth of businesses not only in Louisiana, but all across the United States.

Mike Johnson

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