She became for me an island of light, fun, wisdom where I could run with my discoveries and torments and hopes at any time of day and find welcome.

May Sarton (1912-1995) Belgian-American poet, novelist, memoirist [pen name of Eleanore Marie Sarton]

A World of Light, ch. 4 (1976)
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Referring to Edith Forbes Kennedy (1890-1942), a long-time mentor and "muse."