May Sarton quotes

Loneliness is the poverty of self; solitude is the richness of self. (May Sarton)
We have to dare to be ourselves, however frightening or strange that self may prove to be. View quote
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A house that does not have one warm, comfy chair in it is soulless. View quote
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Everything that slows us down and forces patience, everything that sets us back into the slow circles of nature, is a help. Gardening is an instrument of grace. View quote
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The garden is growth and change and that means loss as well as constant new treasures to make up for a few disasters. View quote
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The minute one utters a certainty, the opposite comes to mind. View quote
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The more articulate one is, the more dangerous words become. View quote
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True feeling justifies whatever it may cost. View quote
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There is only one real deprivation... and that is not to be able to give one's gifts to those one loves most. View quote
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Help us to be ever faithful gardeners of the spirit, who know that without darkness nothing comes to birth, and without light nothing flowers. View quote
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Anyone who is going to be a writer knows enough at 15 to write several novels. (May Sarton)
One must think like a hero to behave like a merely decent human being. View quote
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In the country of pain we are each alone. View quote
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No partner in a love relationship... should feel that he has to give up an essential part of himself to make it viable. View quote
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Women are at last becoming persons first and wives second, and that is as it should be. View quote
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It is the privilege of those who fear love to murder those who do not fear it! View quote
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Self-respect is nothing to hide behind. When you need it most it isn't there. View quote
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Most people have to talk so they won't hear. View quote
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In a total work, the failures have their not unimportant place. View quote
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May we agree that private life is irrelevant? Multiple, mixed, ambiguous at best - out of it we try to fashion the crystal clear, the singular, the absolute, and that is what is relevant; that is what matters. View quote
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Don't forget that compared to a grownup person every baby is a genius. Think of the capacity to learn! The freshness, the temperament, the will of a baby a few months old! (May Sarton)
We are able to laugh when we achieve detachment, if only for a moment. View quote
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A garden is always a series of losses set against a few triumphs, like life itself. View quote
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Wrinkles here and there seem unimportant compared to the Gestalt of the whole person I have become in this past year. View quote
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The most valuable thing we can do for the psyche, occasionally, is to let it rest, wander, live in the changing light of room, not try to be or do anything whatever. View quote
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May Sarton

Occupation: American Poet
Born: May 3, 1912
Died: July 16, 1995
Quotes count: 49

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