May Sarton Quotes:
Ocupation: Poet
Life: May 3, 1912 - July 16, 1995
Birthday: May 3
Death: July 16
There were moments ... when it seemed that all one could be asked was just to keep the ashtrays clean, the bed made, the wastebaskets emptied, as if one never got to the real things because of the constant exhausting battle to keep ordinary life from falling apart.
source: May Sarton (2014). “Mrs. Stevens Hears the Mermaids Singing: A Novel”, p.13, Open Road Media
topic: Real, Fall, Battle, Ashtrays
