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She became for me an island of light, fun, wisdom where I could run with my discoveries and torments and hopes at any time of day and find welcome.

May Sarton

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May Sarton
Age: 83 †
Born: 1912
Born: May 3
Died: 1995
Died: July 16
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May Eleanor Sarton
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A house that does not have one warm, comfy chair in it is soulless.
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A holiday gives one a chance to look backward and forward to reset oneself by an inner compass.
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I tell the gods are still alive / And they are not consoling.
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In the novel or the journal you get the journey. In a poem you get the arrival.
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It is a waste of time to see people who have only a social surface to show. I will make every effort to find out the real person, but if I can't, then I am upset and cross. Time wasted is poison.
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When addressed, a Gentleman Cat does not move a muscle. He looks as if he hasn't heard.
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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?
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People who cannot feel punish those who do.
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Once more I realize that solitude is my element, and the reason is that extreme awareness of other people (all naturally solitary people must feel this) precludes awareness of one's self, so after a while the self no longer knows that it exists.
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Mountains define you. You cannot define / Them.
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