# Quote — Mary Oliver, Thirst

> Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this, too, was a gift.

- Author: [Mary Oliver](https://www.leafyquotes.com/mary-oliver.md)
- Book: [Thirst](https://www.leafyquotes.com/mary-oliver/thirst.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Mary_Oliver#Thirst_(2006)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/mary-oliver/thirst/someone-i-loved

## More from this book

> My work is loving the world. Here the sunflowers, there the hummingbird — equal seekers of sweetness.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/mary-oliver/thirst/my-work-is-loving.md)