May Sarton
May Sarton
May Sarton is the pen name of Eleanore Marie Sarton, an American poet, novelist and memoirist...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNon-Fiction Author
Date of Birth3 May 1912
CountryUnited States of America
honesty being-honest jellyfish
We are all jellyfish, too pitiful and too afraid of being disliked to be honest.
self-confidence age weakness
For inside all the weakness of old age, the spirit, God knows, is as mercurial as it ever was.
frustration age growing
Growing old is, of all things we experience, that which takes the most courage, and at a time when we have the least resources, especially with which to meet frustration.
joy absurd pencils
Where joy in an old pencil is not absurd.
growing-up thinking maturity
"How does one grow up?" I asked a friend. She answered, "By thinking!"
country pain
In the country of pain we are each alone.
math science order
I see a certain order in the universe and math is one way of making it visible.
writing able world
I’m only able to write poetry, for the most part, when I have a Muse, a woman who focuses the world for me.
unimportant
In a total work, the failures have their not unimportant place.
pain mean doors
The only way through pain…is to absorb, probe, understand exactly what it is and what it means. To close the door on pain is to miss the chance for growth.
believe moving creative
We have to believe that every person counts, counts as a creative force that can move mountains.
pain winter fever
Pain can make a whole winter bright, like fever, force us to live deep and hard.
beautiful half alive
I feel happy to be keeping a journal again. I've missed it, missed naming things as they appear, missed the half hour when I push all duties aside and savor the experience of being alive in this beautiful place.
light age ascent
Old age is not an illness, it is a timeless ascent. As power diminishes, we grow toward the light.