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We are all, whether we know it or not, in search of a way to enrich, to drink during the fizz, to inhale deeper our gifts, in a desperation for some little understanding before death.

May Sarton

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May Sarton
Age: 83 †
Born: 1912
Born: May 3
Died: 1995
Died: July 16
Diarist
Poet
Writer
May Eleanor Sarton
Whether
Inhale
Death
Enrich
Littles
Desperation
Little
Gifts
Way
Search
Deeper
Drink
Understanding
Fizz

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