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
essential himself love partner scholars-and-scholarship
No partner in a love relationship...should feel that he has to give up an essential part of himself to make it viable.
pain winter fever
Pain can make a whole winter bright, like fever, force us to live deep and hard.
miracle miraculous
Miracles cannot be explained, that is their miraculous nature.
growing-up thinking maturity
"How does one grow up?" I asked a friend. She answered, "By thinking!"
fighting dragons joy
Fighting dragons is my holy joy.
long memorial figures
You will always be here with me; As long as I live, A towering figure of love.
excellence cost deals
Excellence costs a great deal.
mistake men order
A man with a talent does what is expected of him, makes his way, constructs, is an engineer, a composer, a builder of bridges. It's the natural order of things that he construct objects outside himself and his family. The woman who does so is aberrant. We have to expiate for this cursed talent someone handed out to us, by mistake, in the black mystery of genetics.
math science order
I see a certain order in the universe and math is one way of making it visible.
pain mean doors
The only way through pain…is to absorb, probe, understand exactly what it is and what it means. To close the door on pain is to miss the chance for growth.
expression masculine-and-feminine personality
I would predicate that in all great works of genius masculine and feminine elements in the personality find expression, whether this androgynous nature is played out sexually or not.
were-meant-to-be looks knack
It looks as if I were meant to be alone, and that any hope of happiness is not meant. Am I too old to acquire the knack for happiness?
prayer real hard-times
Real joy is becoming exceedingly rare among artists of any kind. And I have an idea that those who can and do communicate it are always people who have had a hard time. Then the joy has no smugness or self-righteousness in it, is inclusive not exclusive, and comes close to prayer.
compassion suffering world
The hardest thing we are asked to do in this world is to remain aware of suffering, suffering about which we can do nothing.