I have sometimes wondered also whether in people like me who come to the boil fast (soupe au lait, the French call this trait, like a milk soup that boils over) the tantrum is not a built-in safety valve against madness or illness. ... The fierce tension in me, when it is properly channeled, creates the good tension for work. But when it becomes unbalanced I am destructive. How to isolate that good tension is my problem these days. Or, put in another way, how to turn the heat down fast enough so the soup won't boil over!
May SartonWords are more powerful than perhaps anyone suspects, and once deeply engraved in a child's mind, they are not easily eradicated.
May SartonLunches are just not good. They take the heart out of the day and the spaciousness from the morning's work.
May Sarton