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Few Quotes by May Sarton
- 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…
- I always forget how important the empty days are, how important it may be sometimes not to expect to produce anything, even a few lines…
- The price of being oneself is so high and involves so much ruthlessness toward others (or what looks like ruthlessness in our duty-bound culture) that…
- The garden is growth and change and that means loss as well as constant new treasures to make up for a few disasters.
- A garden is always a series of losses set against a few triumphs, like life itself.
- I can understand people simply fleeing the mountainous effort Christmas has become... but there are always a few saving graces and finally they make up…
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