I want to taste and glory in each day, and never be afraid to experience pain; and never shut myself up in a numb core of nonfeeling, or stop questioning and criticizing life and take the easy way out.
SYLVIA PLATHCompared with me, a tree is immortal.
More Sylvia Plath Quotes
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Before I give my body, I must give my thoughts, my mind, my dreams.
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The trouble was, I had been inadequate all along, I simply hadn’t thought about it.
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What horrifies me most is the idea of being useless: well-educated, brilliantly promising, and fading out into an indifferent middle age.
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There is something demoralizing about watching two people get more and more crazy about each other, especially when you are the only extra person in the room.
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The truth comes to me. The truth loves me.
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I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart. I am, I am, I am.
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Only I wasn’t steering anything, not even myself.
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I felt overstuffed and dull and disappointed, the way I always do the day after Christmas.
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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 felt myself melting into the shadows like the negative of a person I’d never seen before in my life.
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Please don’t expect me to always be good and kind and loving. There are times when I will be cold and thoughtless and hard to understand.
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Opinions are like orgasms, mine matters most and I really don’t care if you have one.
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Please, I want so badly for the good things to happen.
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What I fear most, I think, is the death of the imagination.
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I felt my lungs inflate with the onrush of scenery – air, mountains, trees, people. I thought, This is what it is to be happy.
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