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May Sarton Quotes: Revision is not going back and fussing around, but going forward into the process of creation
         

Revision is not going back and fussing around, but going forward into the process of creation


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We are all jellyfish, too pitiful and too afraid of being disliked to be honest.

We are all jellyfish, too pitiful and too afraid of being disliked to be honest.



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.

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.



Without darkness, nothing comes to birth, As without light, nothing flowers.

Without darkness, nothing comes to birth, As without light, nothing flowers.



What is destructive is impatience, haste, expecting too much too fast.

What is destructive is impatience, haste, expecting too much too fast.



We have to dare to be ourselves, however frightening or strange that self may prove to be.

We have to dare to be ourselves, however frightening or strange that self may prove to be.



The minute one utters a certainty, the opposite comes to mind.

The minute one utters a certainty, the opposite comes to mind.



The most valuable thing we can do for the psyche, occasionally, is to let it rest, wander, live in the changing light of room, not try to be or do anything whatever.

The most valuable thing we can do for the psyche, occasionally, is to let it rest, wander, live in the changing light of room, not try to be or do anything whatever.



There are some griefs so loud/They could bring down the sky/And there are griefs so still/None knows how deep they lie.

There are some griefs so loud/They could bring down the sky/And there are griefs so still/None knows how deep they lie.



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

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



It is, I assume, quite easy to wither into old age, and hard to grow into it.

It is, I assume, quite easy to wither into old age, and hard to grow into it.





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Almost all new ideas have a certain aspect of foolishness when they are first produced.

Almost all new ideas have a certain aspect of foolishness when they are first produced.



I know that I do deserve good things.

I know that I do deserve good things.



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People have learned a lot about my company and now they realize, my company is much bigger, much more powerful than they ever thought. We're in many, many countries, and I'm very proud of it.

People have learned a lot about my company and now they realize, my company is much bigger, much more powerful than they ever thought. We're in many, many countries, and I'm very proud of it.



I knew it would happen. I knew I'd be No. 1. I'm a new artist; I don't know the rules. Nobody told me it wouldn't happen

I knew it would happen. I knew I'd be No. 1. I'm a new artist; I don't know the rules. Nobody told me it wouldn't happen



When I do comedy, I lose all inhibition and introspection. I no longer care.

When I do comedy, I lose all inhibition and introspection. I no longer care.



Tears gratify a savage nature, they do not melt it.

Tears gratify a savage nature, they do not melt it.



Jill was tall and slim, like most Moroi. With that figure came a modest chest. Angeline's chest...was not so modest.

Jill was tall and slim, like most Moroi. With that figure came a modest chest. Angeline's chest...was not so modest.



At least we should learn to understand our fellow beings, for we are powerless to stop their misery, their ignominy, their suffering, their weakness, and their death.

At least we should learn to understand our fellow beings, for we are powerless to stop their misery, their ignominy, their suffering, their weakness, and their death.




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