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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.

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
Forget
Universe
Anything
Body
Sacramental
Must
Held
Sacred
Creation
Dangerous

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