# Quote — Mary Oliver, Evidence

> Among the swans there is none called the least,
>
> or the greatest.

- Author: [Mary Oliver](https://www.leafyquotes.com/mary-oliver.md)
- Book: [Evidence](https://www.leafyquotes.com/mary-oliver/evidence.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Mary_Oliver#Evidence_(2009)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/mary-oliver/evidence/among-the-swans

## More from this book

> Keep some room in your heart for the unimaginable.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/mary-oliver/evidence/keep-some-room.md)

> Beauty without purpose is beauty without virtue.
>
> But all beautiful things, inherently, have this function —
>
> to excite the viewers toward sublime thought.
>
> Glory to the world, that good teacher.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/mary-oliver/evidence/beauty-without-purpose.md)

> I believe in kindness. Also in mischief. Also in singing, especially when singing is not necessarily prescribed.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/mary-oliver/evidence/i-believe-in-kindness.md)