People who are always thinking of the feelings of others can be very destructive because they are hiding so much from themselves. — May Sarton Always thinking Copy Share Image
It is a waste of time to see people who have only a social surface to show. I will make every effort… — May Sarton Copy Share Image
“The Fur Person learned then and there that it is better to be a philosopher than to be a king and that,… — May Sarton Cats Copy Share Image
Everything that slows us down and forces patience, everything that sets us back into the slow circles of nature, is a help.… — May Sarton Circles Copy Share Image
“I am not ready to die, But I am learning to trust death As I have trusted life. I am moving Toward… — May Sarton Death Copy Share Image
I long for the bulbs to arrive, for the early autumn chores are melancholy, but the planting of bulbs is the work… — May Sarton Autumn Copy Share Image
“Nothing moves fast in Texas except the windmills And the hawk that rises up with a clatter of wings. (Nothing more startling… — May Sarton Copy Share Image
The ambience here is order and beauty. That is what frightens me when I am first alone again. I feel inadequate. I… — May Sarton Copy Share Image
I feel happy to be keeping a journal again. I've missed it, missed naming things as they appear, missed the half hour… — May Sarton Alive Copy Share Image
I always forget how important the empty days are, how important it may be sometimes not to expect to produce anything, even… — May Sarton Copy Share Image
“...The means of choice: She might choose to ascend The falling dream, By some angelic power without a name Reverse the motion,… — May Sarton Choice Copy Share Image
Gardening is one of the rewards of middle age, when one is ready for an impersonal passion, a passion that demands patience,… — May Sarton Age Copy Share Image
The garden is growth and change and that means loss as well as constant new treasures to make up for a few… — May Sarton Change Copy Share Image
“And now we who are writing women and strange monsters Still search our hearts to find the difficult answers, Still hope that… — May Sarton Feminism Copy Share Image
[In old age] there is a childlike innocence, often, that has nothing to do with the childishness of senility. The moments become… — May Sarton Age Copy Share Image
For me a true poem is on the way when I begin to be haunted, when it seems as if I were… — May Sarton Angel Copy Share Image
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