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We are able to laugh when we achieve detachment, if only for a moment.

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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When addressed, a Gentleman Cat does not move a muscle. He looks as if he hasn't heard.
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I tell the gods are still alive / And they are not consoling.
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We only keep what we lose.
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The gift turned inward, unable to be given, becomes a heavy burden, even sometimes a kind of poison. It is as though the flow of life were backed up.
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