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In the novel or the journal you get the journey. In a poem you get the arrival.

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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Absence becomes the greatest Presence.
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Solitude is one thing and loneliness is another.
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I write poems, have always written them, to transcend the painfully personal and reach the universal.
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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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