May Sarton

"In a total work, the failures have their not unimportant place. "

"The minute one utters a certainty, the opposite comes to mind. "

"There is only one real deprivation, I decided this morning, and that is not to be able to give one's gifts to those one loves most. "

"Though friendship is not quick to burn, It is explosive stuff. "

"We are able to laugh when we achieve detachment, if only for a moment. "