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“Death does frame a person and somehow it is the good that stays.”

Quote by May Sarton

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American poet, born on May 3, 1912, and died on July 16, 1995. Known for her profound psychological insights and delicate portrayals of natural landscapes, May Sarton's poetry has had a significant impact on contemporary poetry, earning her numerous literary awards. more

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“Inside my mother's death / I lay and could not breathe.”

Mother Grief Lays Breathe

Book:Collected Poems: 1930–1993

Source: Collected Poems: 1930–1993

“And one cold starry night / Whatever your belief / The phoenix will take flight / Over the seas of grief / To sing her thrilling song / To stars and waves and sky / For neither old nor young / The phoenix does not die.”

Doe Young Night Song Dies Belief Stars Grief Sea Sky Cold Wave Flight Thrilling Phoenix Starry Night

Author:May Sarton

“I am not ready to die, / But I am learning to trust death / As I have trusted life.”

Dies Ready Life And Death Trusted Not Ready Ready To Die Learning To Trust

Book:May Sarton: A Self-Portrait

Source: May Sarton: A Self-Portrait

“What frightens me about America today is that in the large majority there is no active sense of the value of the individual: few citizens feel that they are the Republic, responsible for what happens. And when the individual in a democracy ceases to feel his importance, then there is grave danger that he will give over his freedom, if not to a Fascist State, then to the advertising men or Publicity Agents or to the newspaper he happens to read.”

“Unless the gentle inherit the earth, / There will be no earth.”

Book:Collected Poems: 1930–1993

Source: Collected Poems: 1930–1993

“I cannot understand why poetry is not taught at schools as a way of seeing, a quick, untiring path to essentials.”

Way School Path Seeing Taught Essentials Poetry Is

Author:May Sarton

“The tragic thing about learning from experience is I fear that one can only learn from one's own experience. Other people's - other nations' - experiences simply do not help. They can be imaginatively learned from. But people do not act on other people's experiences.”

People Helping Nations Experience Tragic Learning Experience

Author:May Sarton

“Fire is a good companion for the mind.”

Mind Fire Companion

Book:Collected Poems: 1930–1973

Source: Collected Poems: 1930–1973

“I love giving flowers. It is so deliciously unlasting and romantic.”

Giving Romance Flower

Author:May Sarton

“I know you have much to bear with in me, and I really do sometimes in you, but I have never looked at friendship in a deep sense as easy or entirely comfortable.”

Knows Sometimes Easy Friendship Bears Comfortable

Author:May Sarton