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“It is curious how any making of order makes one feel mentally ordered, ordered inside.”

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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“making order out of disorder any time, anywhere, can be regarded as a sacrament.”

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Book:Recovering: A Journal

Source: Recovering: A Journal

“we are never done with thinking about our parents, I suppose, and come to know them better long after they are dead than we ever did when they were alive.”

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Book:At Seventy: A Journal

Source: At Seventy: A Journal

“If I were to choose one single thing that that would restore Paris to the senses, it would be that strangely sweet, unhealthy smell of the Métro, so very unlike the dank cold or the stuffy heat of subways in New York.”

Ifs Would Be New York Sweet Cold Smell Senses Paris Heat Unhealthy Subway Dank

Author:May Sarton

“I think that passion if really intense is always destructive if not to the two involved, always to other people.”

People Ifs Thinking Two Passion Involved Intense Destructive

Author:May Sarton

“More than any other beauty (though it is true of all beauty except in art) passion seems to me to have the seeds of its own destruction in it.”

Art Seems Passion Destruction Seeds

Author:May Sarton

“It is dangerous it seems to me for a civilization when there is a complete abyss betewen people in general and the artists. Or is it always so? The poets who are most ardently on the people's side write in such a way that the people cannot see rhyme nor reason to their work.”

People Way Writing Reason Seems Artist Sides Dangerous Poet Civilization Rhyme Abyss

Author:May Sarton

“Words are my passion / And out of them and me / I would create beauty.”

Passion Poet My Passion

Author:May Sarton

“It is clear that we do not exactly choose our poems; our poems choose us.”

Book:Writings on Writing

Source: Writings on Writing

“The fact is that I have lived with the belief that power, any kind of power, was the one thing forbidden to poets. ... Power requires that the inner person never be unmasked. No, we poets have to go naked. And since this is so, it is better that we stay private people; a naked public person would be rather ridiculous, what?”

People Kind Persons Facts Would Be Belief One Thing Poet Ridiculous Naked Forbidden

Book:Mrs. Stevens Hears the Mermaids Singing: A Novel

Source: Mrs. Stevens Hears the Mermaids Singing: A Novel

“a poet never feels useful.”

Book:Mrs. Stevens Hears the Mermaids Singing: A Novel

Source: Mrs. Stevens Hears the Mermaids Singing: A Novel