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I love the line of Flaubert about observing things very intensely. I think our duty as writers begins not with our own f

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"I love the line of Flaubert about observing things very intensely. I think our duty as writers begins not with our own feelings, but with the powers of observing"

- Mary Oliver

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This quote is written / told by Mary Oliver somewhere between September 10, 1935 and today. He/she was a famous Poet from USA. The author also have 16 other quotes.

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