Top 10 most inspiring quotes by May Sarton
- We have to dare to be ourselves, however frightening or strange that self may prove to be.
- Public education was not founded to give society what it wants. Quite the opposite.
- I can tell you that solitude Is not all exaltation, inner space Where the soul breathes and work can be done. Solitude exposes the nerve, Raises up ghosts. The past, never at rest, flows through it.
- For any writer who wants to keep a journal, be alive to everything, not just to what you’re feeling, but also to your pets, to flowers, to what you’re reading.
- I feel like an inadequate machine, a machine that breaks down at crucial moments, grinds to a dreadful hault, ‘won’t go,’ or, even worse, explodes in some innocent person’s face.
- The gift turned inward, unable to be given, becomes a heavy burden, even sometimes a kind of poison. It is as though the flow of life were backed up.
- Words are more powerful than perhaps anyone suspects, and once deeply engraved in a child’s mind, they are not easily eradicated.
- At some point I believe one has to stop holding back for fear of alienating some imaginary reader or real relative or friend, and come out with personal truth.
- Where music thundered let the mind be still, Where the will triumphed let there be no will, What light revealed, now let the dark fulfill.
- The most valuable thing we can do for the psyche, occasionally, is to let it rest, wander, live in the changing light of room, not try to be or do anything whatever.
May Sarton (1912-1995) was an American poet, novelist, and memoirist. She was born in Belgium to an English Quaker mother and a Flemish father, and spent her childhood in both Belgium and the United States. She attended several universities, including the University of Cambridge, and eventually settled in New England, where she lived for most of her life.
Sarton published her first book of poetry, “Encounter in April,” in 1937, and went on to write more than 50 books, including novels, memoirs, and collections of poetry. Her work often explored themes of love, solitude, and the creative process, and she was known for her honest and introspective writing style.
Sarton received numerous awards and honors throughout her career, including the Shelley Memorial Award, the Sara Teasdale Memorial Prize, and the Academy of American Poets Fellowship. She was also a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Sarton died in York, Maine, in 1995, at the age of 83.
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