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Not meant to define but to praise, to rejoice in the maker and what has been made, to dare be heard as a whisper or a shout in this immense world.\"--\u003c\/i\u003eNatalie Diaz, in her Foreword","brand":"Grand Central Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53547799675246,"sku":"9780306835810","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/1007\/0382\/files\/imageloader_b445020f-42f1-4f0e-a6cd-712ad0200f6d.jpg?v=1774492263"},{"product_id":"devotions-the-selected-poems-of-mary-oliver","title":"Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER - A READ WITH JENNA PICK - From the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Mary Oliver, a definitive and enduring collection of her best work\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"No matter where one starts reading, \u003ci\u003eDevotions\u003c\/i\u003e offers much to love. . . . 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Oliver investigates themes on \"how to love this world\" and to live \"as though time didn't exist\" in her poems \"Spring\" and \"The Swan,\" and she awakens within us a renewed sense of awe in \"The Ponds\" \"Still, what I want in my life \/ is to be willing \/ to be dazzled-- \/ to cast aside the weight of facts \/\/ and maybe even \/ to float a little \/ above this difficult world.\" As her words suspend time and space, Oliver encourages us to attune ourselves to the quiet moments of enlightenment that perforate each day. 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