May Sarton
May Sarton
May Sarton is the pen name of Eleanore Marie Sarton, an American poet, novelist and memoirist...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNon-Fiction Author
Date of Birth3 May 1912
CountryUnited States of America
May Sarton quotes about
nature mean loss
The garden is growth and change and that means loss as well as constant new treasures to make up for a few disasters.
friendship losing-friends stuff
Though friendship is not quick to burn it is explosive stuff.
holiday giving looks
A holiday gives one a chance to look backward and forward; to reset oneself by an inner compass.
grieving people remember
What is there to do when people die - people so dear and rare - but bring them back by remembering?
garden roots bears
True gardeners cannot bear a glove Between the sure touch and the tender root.
strength sometimes fragile-things
It is sometimes the most fragile things that have the power to endure and become sources of strength.
respect self needs
Self-respect is nothing to hide behind. When you need it most it isn't there.
christmas people effort
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 for all the bother and distress.
faces
For after all we make our faces as we go along...
moral dilemma making-peace
The moral dilemma is to make peace with the unacceptable
special anna
Nobody stays special when they're old, Anna. That's what we have to learn.
mistake optimistic past
In the middle of the night, things well up from the past that are not always cause for rejoicing--the unsolved, the painful encounters, the mistakes, the reasons for shame or woe. But all, good or bad, give me food for thought, food to grow on.
writing making-love alive
I feel more alive when I'm writing than I do at any other time--except maybe when I'm making love.
love inspirational flower
Without darkness, nothing comes to birth, As without light, nothing flowers.