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01Undated

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

May Sarton / quote

02Undated

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.

May Sarton / quote

03Undated

Help us to be ever faithful gardeners of the spirit, who know that without darkness nothing comes to birth, and without light nothing flowers.

May Sarton / quote

04Undated

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

May Sarton / quote

05Undated

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

May Sarton / quote

06Undated

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

May Sarton / quote

07Undated

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

May Sarton / quote