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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.

May Sarton

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May Sarton
Age: 83 †
Born: 1912
Born: May 3
Died: 1995
Died: July 16
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Poet
Writer
May Eleanor Sarton
Kind
Flow
Life
Gift
Backed
Becomes
Unable
Though
Inward
Given
Poison
Sometimes
Burden
Giving
Heavy
Even
Turned

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