Sara Teasdale Quotes & Sayings

“I make the most of all that comes and the least of all that goes.”

“Life has loveliness to sell, all beautiful and splendid things, blue waves whitened on a cliff, soaring fire that sways and sings, and children's faces looking up, holding wonder like a cup.”

“When I can look life in the eyes, grown calm and very coldly wise, life will have given me the truth, and taken in exchange - my youth.”

“Beauty, more than bitterness, makes the heart break.”

“I found more joy in sorrow than you could find in joy.”

“A hush is over everything, Silent as women wait for love; The world is waiting for the spring.”

“It is strange how often a heart must be broken before the years can make it wise.”

“Call him wise whose actions, words, and steps are all a clear because to a clear why.”

“No one worth possessing can be quite possessed.”

“Of my own spirit let me be in sole though feeble mastery.”