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We have to believe that every person counts, counts as a creative force that can move mountains.

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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We cannot afford not to fight for growth and understanding, even when it is painful, as it is bound to be.
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instant intimacy was too often followed by disillusion.
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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.
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Nobody stays special when they're old, Anna. That's what we have to learn.
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I write poems about relationships, love relationships, and I'm not able to do that all the time. I could go two years without writing poems, and then write a dozen. Having a novel to work on, with the intricate puzzle of character and plot to work out, is satisfying for the time there is no poetry.
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It takes a long time for words to become thought.
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I am not ready to die, / But I am learning to trust death / As I have trusted life.
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The body is a universe in itself and must be held as sacred as anything in creation....It is dangerous to forget the body as sacramental.
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They are commiting murder who merely live.
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What is destructive is impatience, haste, expecting too much too fast.
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I suppose one has to remember that 'life' is important too, though it's something I forget in some moods, everything except work seeming like an interruption or really non-life.
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