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Mary Oliver Quotes: It is the nature of stone to be satisfied. It is the nature of water to want to be somewhere else.
         

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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This page presents the quote "It is the nature of stone to be satisfied. It is the nature of water to want to be somewhere else.". Author of this quote is Mary Oliver. This quote is about somewhere else, water, satisfied, nature, want,.