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A holiday gives one a chance to look backward and forward to reset oneself by an inner compass.
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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If I were to choose one single thing that that would restore Paris to the senses, it would be that strangely sweet, unhealthy smell of the Métro, so very unlike the dank cold or the stuffy heat of subways in New York.
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We have to believe that every person counts, counts as a creative force that can move mountains.
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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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Nobody stays special when they're old, Anna. That's what we have to learn.
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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.
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It takes a long time for words to become thought.
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Lunches are just not good. They take the heart out of the day and the spaciousness from the morning's work.
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True gardeners cannot bear a glove Between the sure touch and the tender root.
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My own feeling is that the only possible reason for engaging in the hard labor of writing a novel, is that one is bothered by something one needs to understand, and can come to understand only through the characters in the imagined situation.
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