Jane Hirshfield Quotes

One can't change one's life experience, but even if I could, I wouldn't change it because of all the wonderful things that have happened to me.

Welcome anything that comes to you, but do not long for anything else.

Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.

I'm grateful for the experiences I've accumulated. Of course, there are certain things you wish were not on anyone's list of life experiences, but it's a life. It's a good life. And I like what's there.

I have not an ounce of regret. Every link is so valuable in forming the chain that is my life. Who I am today is because of those links, and I wouldn't change any of them.

Every age can be enchanting, provided you live within it.

Life experience is not something to be denied, but to be celebrated.

I have found life an enjoyable, enchanting, active, and sometime terrifying experience, and I've enjoyed it completely. A lament in one ear, maybe, but always a song in the other.

If I learned anything from Betty coming into my life, it's to just be open to all the things that come along.

The advantage of being eighty years old is that one has had many people to love.

There's nothing wrong with acknowledging the panoply of life's rich experience.

I've had a very full life, and I've enjoyed it very much. I've learned a great deal and feel indebted to all the people who have worked so hard.

In between goals is a thing called life, that has to be lived and enjoyed.

In my life and career I want to embrace ageing because I think that's what's interesting.

Life is a full meal.

I have no projects on the horizon. I don't feel frustrated. It's a great life lesson for me.

I am sensible of the velocity of the moments, and entering that part of my head alert to the motion of the world I am aware that life was never perfect, never absolute. This bestows contentment, even a fearlessness.

Life is not just one thing; life is a lot of things, and I think I've been lucky to do that.

Love them for who they are, and what they are they are; they are not you. Good stuff, isn't it? You have to live 73 years to get that.

I don't understand people getting depressed about getting older. There is nothing you can do about it, so you might as well embrace it.

Be content to be what you are, and prefer nothing to it, and do not fear or wish for your last day.

We cannot stop the winter or the summer from coming. We cannot stop the spring or the fall or make them other than they are. They are gifts from the universe that we cannot refuse. But we can choose what we will contribute to life when each arrives.

I've received many good pieces of advice throughout my life.

You have to live life to its full chorizo.

I wouldn't trade or change a thing, and I've had some hard times.