May Sarton

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born

May 03, 1912 in Wondelgem, Belgium

died

July 16, 1995

gender

female

genre

Poetry

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May Sarton (May 3, 1912-July 16, 1995) was an American poet, novelist, and memoirist born in Wondelgem, Belgium. Many of her novels and poems are pellucid reflections of the lesbian experience.

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Books by May Sarton

Average rating: 3.99 · 3,186 ratings · 370 reviews · 67 distinct works

	Journal of a Solitude 4.18 avg rating — 647 ratings — published 1973 — 6 editions	My rating:
	The House by the Sea by May Sarton, Beverly Hallam (Photographer) 4.06 avg rating — 235 ratings — published 1977 — 6 editions	My rating:
	The Fur Person 4.06 avg rating — 261 ratings — published 1957 — 9 editions	My rating:
	Mrs. Stevens Hears the Mermaids Singing 3.86 avg rating — 186 ratings — published 1973 — 5 editions	My rating:
	As We Are Now 3.92 avg rating — 186 ratings — published 1973 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Plant Dreaming Deep 4.23 avg rating — 172 ratings — published 1968 — 4 editions	My rating:
	At Seventy 4.00 avg rating — 140 ratings — published 1984 — 4 editions	My rating:
	The Education of Harriet Hatfield 3.65 avg rating — 127 ratings — published 1989 — 5 editions	My rating:
	A Reckoning 4.15 avg rating — 92 ratings — published 1978 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Recovering: A Journal 3.91 avg rating — 95 ratings — published 1980 — 5 editions	My rating:

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Quotes by May Sarton

“We have to dare to be ourselves, however frightening or strange that self may prove to be.”
― May Sarton

tags: authenticity , life , philosophy , self

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“Loneliness is the poverty of self; solitude is richness of self.”
― May Sarton

84 people liked it

“Does anything in nature despair except man? An animal with a foot caught in a trap does not seem to despair. It is too busy trying to survive. It is a ll closed in, to a kind of still, intense waiting. Is this a key? Keep busy with survival. Imitate the trees. Learn to lose in order to recover, and remember that nothing stays the same for long, not even pain, psychic pain. Sit it out. Let it all pass. Let it go. ”
― May Sarton, Journal of a Solitude

tags: despair , nature , pain , strength , survival

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The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman

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30 votes, 11.8%

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23 votes, 9.0%

Summer of My German Soldier by Bette Greene

10 votes, 3.9%

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9 votes, 3.5%

The Education of Harriet Hatfield by May Sarton

7 votes, 2.7%

255 total votes

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