Who has not first tried to get out of a tough situation before truly dealing with it? Mary O'Neill More Quotes by Mary O'Neill More Quotes From Mary O'Neill I do not worry or even think of spelling, grammar, paragraphing, or punctuation (except periods) at this point. . .In the early throes of an idea there is for me only grammar of the mind, which is a flow of thought, as natural and precise as the flow of a river to the sea. Mary O'Neill sea ideas thinking Time is purple / Just before night. Mary O'Neill purple time night