"Everything that slows us down and forces patience, everything that sets us back into the slow circles of nature, is a help. Gardening is an instrument of grace." ~May Sarton
"Gardening is so easy in the spring. Everything is exploding into green and foliage and colorful blooms." ~May Sarton
“There is no place more intimate than the spirit alone.” ~May Sarton, Ode to solitude, 1938
"Without darkness, nothing comes to birth, as without light, nothing flowers." ~May Sarton
