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Quotation by May Sarton
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as quoted in Women Writers Talking by Janet Todd (1983)"Christmas Letter to a Psychiatrist" (1970)Hilary Stevens, in "Epilogue: Mar" Mrs. Stevens Hears the Mermaids Singing (1965)Hilary Stevens, in Mrs. Stevens Hears the Mermaids Singing (1965)Mrs. Stevens Hears the Mermaids Singing (1965)
There is no end to the work of salvage
In the drowning high seas of Christmas
when loneliness, in the name of Christ
(That longing!), attacks the world.
In the drowning high seas of Christmas
when loneliness, in the name of Christ
(That longing!), attacks the world.
May Sarton (1912–1995), U.S. poet, novelist, and memoirist. "Christmas Letter to a Psychiatrist," part 2 lines 6-9 (1970).
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