What did May Sarton mean by: poetry is first of all a way of life and only secondarily a way of writing. - May Sarton Poet · Belgium Copy
+ What is there to do when people die – people so dear and rare – but bring them back by remembering? Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, May Sarton, Grieving, Heal, 0 - May Sarton Poet · Belgium
+ People are always talking about the joys of youth-but, oh, how youth can suffer! Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, May Sarton, Joy, Talking, 0 - May Sarton Poet · Belgium
+ in the very long run any success devours – and perhaps also corrupts. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, May Sarton, Running, Success, 0 - May Sarton Poet · Belgium
+ Self-respect is nothing to hide behind. When you need it most it isn’t there. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, May Sarton, Respect, Self, 0 - May Sarton Poet · Belgium
+ It is clear that we do not exactly choose our poems; our poems choose us. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, May Sarton, Poet, 0 - May Sarton Poet · Belgium
+ Where joy in an old pencil is not absurd. Feraz Zeid, October 6, 2023December 26, 2023, May Sarton, Absurd, Joy, 0 - May Sarton Poet · Belgium
+ Solitude is one thing and loneliness is another. Feraz Zeid, October 21, 2023December 26, 2023, May Sarton, Loneliness, One Thing, Solitude, 0 - May Sarton Poet · Belgium
+ We only keep what we lose. Feraz Zeid, August 10, 2023December 12, 2023, May Sarton, Loses, Loss, 0 - May Sarton Poet · Belgium
Whatever may be our natural talents, the art of writing is not acquired all at once. Explain - Jean-Jacques Rousseau Philosopher · Switzerland
Literature flourishes best when it is half a trade and half an art. - William Ralph Inge Theologian and Anglican priest · England
To express truth is to write naturally, forcibly, and delicately. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
A mediocre mind thinks it writes divinely; a good mind thinks it writes reasonably. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
It is the glory and merit of some men to write well and of others not to write at all. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
He who will not listen to any advice, nor be corrected in his writings, is a rank pedant. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Writing, like drawing is an art, and whatever conveys the meaning is justified. - Maxwell Perkins Editor · USA