Author: May Sarton

Quotes

Women are at last becoming persons first and wives second, and that is as it should be.

Women are at last becoming persons first and wives second, and that is as it should be.

- May Sarton

No partner in a love relationship... should feel that he has to give up an essential part of himself to make it viable.

No partner in a love relationship... should feel that he has to give up an essential part of himself to make it viable.

- May Sarton

Help us to be ever faithful gardeners of the spirit, who know that without darkness nothing comes to birth, and without light nothing flowers.

Help us to be ever faithful gardeners of the spirit, who know that without darkness nothing comes to birth, and without light nothing flowers.

- May Sarton

It is the privilege of those who fear love to murder those who do not fear it!

It is the privilege of those who fear love to murder those who do not fear it!

- May Sarton

The more articulate one is, the more dangerous words become.

The more articulate one is, the more dangerous words become.

- May Sarton

Everything that slows us down and forces patience, everything that sets us back into the slow circles of nature, is a help. Gardening is an instrument of grace.

Everything that slows us down and forces patience, everything that sets us back into the slow circles of nature, is a help. Gardening is an instrument of grace.

- May Sarton

In the country of pain we are each alone.

In the country of pain we are each alone.

- May Sarton

The garden is growth and change and that means loss as well as constant new treasures to make up for a few disasters.

The garden is growth and change and that means loss as well as constant new treasures to make up for a few disasters.

- May Sarton

Loneliness is the poverty of self; solitude is the richness of self.

Loneliness is the poverty of self; solitude is the richness of self.

- May Sarton

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