In the country of pain we are each alone. – May Sarton
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

In the country of pain we are each alone. – May Sarton
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
May we agree that private life is irrelevant? Multiple, mixed, ambiguous at best — out of it we try to fashion the crystal clear, the singular, the absolute, and that is what is relevant; that is what matters. – May Sarton
A garden is always a series of losses set against a few triumphs, like life itself. – May Sarton