The constant struggle in mature life, I think, is to accept the necessity of tragedy and conflict, and not to try to escape to some falsely simple solution which does not include these more somber complexities.
SYLVIA PLATHDon’t let the wicked city get you down.
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Compared with me, a tree is immortal.
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I dream too much, work too little.
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The sheets grow heavy as a lecher’s kiss.
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Sometimes I feel like I’m not solid. I’m hollow. There’s nothing behind my eyes. I’m a negative of a person. All I want is blackness, blackness and silence.
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Everything in life is writable.
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See, the darkness is leaking from the cracks. I cannot contain it. I cannot contain my life.
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I talk to God but the sky is empty.
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She stared at her reflection in the glossed shop windows as if to make sure, moment by moment, that she continued to exist.
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When you give someone your whole heart and he doesn’t want it, you cannot take it back. It’s gone forever.
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Cheers for spring; for life; for a growing soul.
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Hour by hour, day by day, life becomes possible.
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I desire the things that will destroy me in the end.
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So learn about life. Cut yourself a big slice with the silver server, a big slice of pie. Open your eyes. Let life happen.
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I find myself absolutely fulfilled when I have written a poem.
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How we need another soul to cling to, another body to keep us warm. To rest and trust; to give your soul in confidence: I need this, I need someone to pour myself into.
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