May Sarton Quotes about Past

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In the middle of the night, things well up from the past that are not always cause for rejoicing--the unsolved, the painful encounters, the mistakes, the reasons for shame or woe. But all, good or bad, give me food for

In the middle of the night, things well up from the past that are not always cause for rejoicing--the unsolved, the painful encounters, the mistakes, the reasons for shame or woe. But all, good or bad, give me food for thought, food to grow on.

May Sarton

Mistake, Optimistic, Past

May Sarton (2014). “At Seventy: A Journal”, p.2, Open Road Media

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.

May Sarton

Past, Space, Soul

May Sarton (2015). “May Sarton: A Self-Portrait”, p.17, Open Road Media

Does one come to enjoy even the hardships that help make one the person one is? Or is it that the past becomes a legend to be remembered with laughter?

May Sarton

Laughter, Past, Doe