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For after all we make our faces as we go along.
-May Sarton
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For After All We Make Our Faces

May Sarton
For after all we make our faces as we go along.
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When you look into the faces of these quiet creatures who don't know how to tell stories--who are mute, who can't make themselves heard, who fade into the woodwork, who only think of the perfect answer after the fact, after they're back at home, who can never think of a story that anyone else will find interesting--is there not more depth and more meaning in them? you can see every letter of every untold story swimming on their faces, and all the signs of silence, dejection, and even defeat. you can even imagine your own face in those faces, can't you?
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I cannot stress enough that the answer to life's questions is often in people's faces. try putting your iphones down once in a while, and look in people's faces. people's faces will tell you amazing things. like if they are angry, or nauseous or asleep.
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And would it have been worth it, after all, would it have been worth while, after the sunsets and the dooryards and the sprinkled streets, after the novels, after the teacups, after the skirts that trail along the floor - and this, and so much more? -
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Intelligence, goodness, humanity, excitement, serenity. over time, these are the things that change the musculature of your face, as do laughter, and animation, and especially whatever peace you can broker with the person inside. it's furrow, pinch, and judgement that make us look older - our mothers were right. they said that if you made certain faces, they would stick, and they do. but our mothers forgot that faces of kindness and integrity stick as well.
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