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.
reading flower feelings
For any writer who wants to keep a journal, be alive to everything, not just to what you're feeling, but also to your pets, to flowers, to what you're reading.
country writing wonder
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 can't reach.
pain winter fever
Pain can make a whole winter bright, like fever, force us to live deep and hard.
writing thinking purpose
I have written every poem, every novel, for the same purpose-to find out what I think, to know where I stand.
miracle miraculous
Miracles cannot be explained, that is their miraculous nature.
littles youth young
About loving, I have little to learn from the young.
growing-up thinking maturity
"How does one grow up?" I asked a friend. She answered, "By thinking!"
understanding facts essentials
Deep down there was understanding, not of the facts of our lives so much as of our essential natures.
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.
talking people joy
People are always talking about the joys of youth-but, oh, how youth can suffer!
love privilege murder
It is the privilege of those who fear love to murder those who do not fear it!