All May Sarton Quotes
- Gardening gives one back a sense of proportion about everything - except itself. Everything Except
- I am not a greedy person except about flowers and plants, and then I become fanatically greedy. Except
- True gardeners cannot bear a glove Between the sure touch and the tender root. Bear
- What is there to do when people die - people so dear and rare - but bring them back by remembering? Bring
- A holiday gives one a chance to look backward and forward; to reset oneself by an inner compass. Backward
- Don't forget that compared to a grownup person every baby is a genius. Baby
- When addressed, a Gentleman Cat does not move a muscle. He looks as if he hasn't heard. Addressed
- Though friendship is not quick to burn it is explosive stuff. Burn
- He [the cat] wound himself around her legs, purring the purr of ardent desire like a kettle coming to a boil and then bubbling very… Ardent
- What is destructive is impatience, haste, expecting too much too fast. Destructive
- 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… Baby
- Solitude is one thing and loneliness is another. Inspirational
- In the garden the door is always open into the "holy" - growth, birth, death. Every flower holds the whole mystery in its short cycle,… Always Open
- Excellence costs a great deal. Cost
- People are always talking about the joys of youth-but, oh, how youth can suffer! Always Talking
- When we admit our vulnerability, we include others. If we deny it, we shut them out. Admit
- When one's not writing poems - and I'm not at the moment - you wonder how you ever did it. It's like another country you… Another Country
- There are some griefs so loud/They could bring down the sky/And there are griefs so still/None knows how deep they lie. Bring
- Women are at last becoming persons first and wives second, and that is as it should be. Becoming
- It is the privilege of those who fear love to murder those who do not fear it! Fear