# Quote — Mary Oliver, Why I Wake Early

> Every day I see or hear something that more or less kills me with delight, that leaves me like a needle in the haystack of light.

- Author: [Mary Oliver](https://www.leafyquotes.com/mary-oliver.md)
- Book: [Why I Wake Early](https://www.leafyquotes.com/mary-oliver/why-i-wake-early.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Mary_Oliver#Why_I_Wake_Early_(2004)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/mary-oliver/why-i-wake-early/every-day-i-see