The body is a universe in itself and must be held as sacred as anything in creation....It is dangerous to forget the body as sacramental.
May SartonSolitude is the salt of personhood. It brings out the authentic flavor of every experience.
May SartonMy own feeling is that the only possible reason for engaging in the hard labor of writing a novel, is that one is bothered by something one needs to understand, and can come to understand only through the characters in the imagined situation.
May SartonWe have to make myths of our lives, the point being that if we do, then every grief or inexplicable seizure by weather, woe, or work can-if we discipline ourselves and think hard enough-be turned to account, be made to yield further insight into what it is to be alive, to be a human being.
May Sarton