There was such a thing as women's work and it consisted chiefly, Hilary sometimes thought, in being able to stand constant interruption and keep your temper. . . .
May SartonHow much hope, expectation, and sheer hard work goes into the smallest success! There is no being sure of anything except that whatever has been created will change in time.
May SartonI feel often very close to the ecstasy and anguish which lie at the very heart of poetry - I am writing a lot.
May SartonDeep down there was understanding, not of the facts of our lives so much as of our essential natures.
May Sarton