May Sarton's Quotes

Most people have to talk so they won't hear.

May Sarton

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

May Sarton

There is only one real deprivation... and that is not to be able to give one's gifts to those one loves most.

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.

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.

May Sarton

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

May Sarton

A house that does not have one warm, comfy chair in it is soulless.

May Sarton