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.
Mary OliverRead
You may not agree, you may not care, but if you are holding this book you should know that of all the sights I love in this world — and there are plenty — very near the top of the list is this one: dogs without leashes.
Interpretation
What this quote means
This quote expresses the deep joy and freedom associated with seeing dogs running freely.
Mary Oliver reflects on the simple yet profound happiness that comes from witnessing dogs without leashes, symbolizing freedom and joy in nature. The quote captures the essence of love for the natural world and the beauty found in unrestrained moments, emphasizing the importance of such sights in her life.
Themes
DogsFreedomNatureHappinessJoy
In practice
Example use cases
During a speech about the joys of nature and companionship, this quote could highlight the beauty of animals in our lives.
More from Mary Oliver
All quotes →At the time I was growing up, literature was involved with the so-called confessional poets. And I was not interested in that. I did not think that specific and personal perspective functioned well for the reader at all.
Mary OliverRead
I know the sag of the unfinished poem. And I know the release of the poem that is finished.
Mary OliverRead
For poems are not words, after all, but fires for the cold, ropes let down to the lost, something as necessary as bread in the pockets of the hungry.
Mary OliverRead
If I have any lasting worth, it will be because I have tried to make people remember what the Earth is meant to look like.
Mary OliverRead
Every day I see or hear something that more or less kills me with delight, that leaves me like a needle in the haystack of light.
Mary OliverRead
Similar quotes
If my grandchildren were to look at me and say, 'You were aware species were disappearing and you did nothing, you said nothing', that I think is culpable. I don't know how much more they expect me to be doing, I'd better ask them.
David AttenboroughRead
The lesson I have thoroughly learnt, and wish to pass on to others, is to know the enduring happiness that the love of a garden gives.
Gertrude JekyllRead
We have not the reverent feeling for the rainbow that the savage has, because we know how it is made. We have lost as much as we gained by prying into that matter.
Mark TwainRead
Here ends my forever memorable first High Sierra excursion. I have crossed the Range of Light, surely the brightest and best of all the Lord has built. And, rejoicing in its glory, I gladly, gratefully, hopefully pray I may see it again.
John MuirRead
Environmental justice [means that] no community should be saddled with more environmental burdens and less environmental benefits than any other.
Majora CarterRead
Nobody on this planet is going to be untouched by the impacts of climate change.
Rajendra K. PachauriRead