may sarton

i am currently devouring May Sarton's "Journal of A Solitude." i love it so much and have to read it with pen in hand, underlining as i go. its been a singular help to me, too, as i've been dealing lately with what might be a depression of sorts. (big moves and life changes do that to people, i assume). her writing reminds me of the Emerson I read in college- Emerson always revealed a truth about the world, sometimes a sad truth, but bolstered it with some positiveness. she does that for me. here are some May Sarton quotes- i hope you enjoy them as much as i have. she was a prolific writer and i can't wait to read more.

Sometimes one has simply to endure a period of depression for what it may hold of illumination if one can live through it, attentive to what it exposes or demands.

Everything that slows us down and forces patience, everything that sets us back into the slow circles of nature, is a help.

Each day, and the living of it, has to be a conscious creation in which discipline and order are relieved with some play and pure foolishness.