There is no doubt that solitude is a challenge and to maintain balance within it a precarious business. But I must not forget that, for me, being with people or even with one beloved person for any length of time without solitude is even worse. I lose my center. I feel dispersed, scattered, in pieces. I must have time alone in which to mull over my encounter, and to extract its juice, its essence, to understand what has really happened to me as a consequence of it.
May SartonFamily life! The United Nations is child's play compared to the tugs and splits and need to understand and forgive in any family.
May SartonI am not a greedy person except about flowers and plants, and then I become fanatically greedy.
May Sarton