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I tell the gods are still alive / And they are not consoling.

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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Go rich in poverty. Go rich in poetry. This nothingness is plentitude.
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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.
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Public education was not founded to give society what it wants. Quite the opposite.
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We only keep what we lose.
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