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May Sarton Quotes: We cannot afford not to fight for growth and understanding, even when it is painful, as it is bound to be.
         

We cannot afford not to fight for growth and understanding, even when it is painful, as it is bound to be.


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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.



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



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



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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.



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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.



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



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



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





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