May Sarton quotes

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

No partner in a love relationship... should feel that he has to give up an essential part of himself to make it viable.

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.

The garden is growth and change and that means loss as well as constant new treasures to make up for a few disasters.