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We cannot afford not to fight for growth and understanding, even when it is painful, as it is bound to be.

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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life is always bringing unexpected gifts.
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Inside my mother's death / I lay and could not breathe.
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Light is snow sifted / To an abstraction.
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So this was fame at last! Nothing but a vast debt to be paid to the world in energy, blood, and time.
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Read between the lines.Then meet me in the silence if you can.
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