May sarton quotes on solitude

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

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

“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 all 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.

May sarton quotes on solitude

Sit it out. Let it all pass. Let it go.”
&#; May Sarton, Journal of a Solitude

“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