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I have written every poem, every novel, for the same purpose-to find out what I think, to know where I stand.

May Sarton

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May Sarton
Age: 83 †
Born: 1912
Born: May 3
Died: 1995
Died: July 16
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About loving, I have little to learn from the young.
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Now I become myself. It’s taken time, many years and places.
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Read between the lines.Then meet me in the silence if you can.
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In the country of pain we are each alone.
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Nobody stays special when they're old, Anna. That's what we have to learn.
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I tell the gods are still alive / And they are not consoling.
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I asked myself the question, 'What do you want of your life?' and I realized with a start of recognition and terror, 'Exactly what I have - but to be commensurate, to handle it all better.
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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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