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I have the choice of being constantly active and happy or introspectively passive and sad. Or I can go mad by ricocheting in between.
Sylvia PlathSylvia Plath 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.
Sylvia PlathSylvia Plath I felt wise and cynical as all hell.
Sylvia PlathSylvia Plath I am myself. That is not enough.
Sylvia PlathSylvia Plath Before I give my body, I must give my thoughts, my mind, my dreams.
Sylvia PlathSylvia Plath I want to be important. By being different. And these girls are all the same.
Sylvia PlathSylvia Plath Let me live, love and say it well in good sentences.
Sylvia PlathSylvia Plath Love is a shadow. How you lie and cry after it
Sylvia PlathSylvia Plath Please, I want so badly for the good things to happen.
Sylvia PlathSylvia Plath Opinions are like orgasms, mine matters most and I really don’t care if you have one.
Sylvia PlathSylvia Plath I want so obviously, so desperately to be loved, and to be capable of love.
Sylvia PlathSylvia Plath If you expect nothing from somebody you are never disappointed.
Sylvia PlathSylvia Plath I felt overstuffed and dull and disappointed, the way I always do the day after Christmas.
Sylvia PlathSylvia Plath The abstract kills, the concrete saves.
Sylvia PlathSylvia Plath I find myself absolutely fulfilled when I have written a poem.
Sylvia PlathSylvia Plath I want so obviously, so desperately to be loved, and to be capable of love.
Sylvia PlathSylvia Plath
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ShamaShama I wish I knew then all of the things I know now that I am enough.
TMCTMC I feel like I’m on fire, fighting for a moment on respite – I’m not placing bets.
M.K. StandbyM.K. Standby I found him in all the chaos, and that was when my world started making sense again.
MoomerMoomer The judgement that people cast on you for how you do or do not appear is nothing more than just a projection of their own wounds.
Taj AroraTaj Arora Be grateful for what you have now, even if it’s not everything you wanted.
Sonia SabnisSonia Sabnis It seems strange how we look in the same mirror, yet what stares back, is so painfully different.
Chris AllchinChris Allchin
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She often felt alone but her solitude was the reason she had grown.
Gemma TroyGemma Troy In my heart where I’ve built a wall, you grew loving vines in my days of doubts and gray clouds, you said; “in my eyes, darling you shine” Maybe you loved me then but I know, I loved you too late.
JadeJade I dream of India becoming a great economic superpower.
Dhirubhai AmbaniDhirubhai Ambani One of the marks of maturity is the ability to disagree without becoming disagreeable.
Charles R. SwindollCharles R. Swindoll I just wish to see you grow. I’m tired of seeing you stuck.
R. H. SinR. H. Sin One day you’ll grow tired of people who don’t love you back.
R. H. SinR. H. Sin The broken girls are the flowers of the earth they grow through tough conditions they bloom for themselves,
R. H. SinR. H. Sin If you focus on goals, you may hit goals – but that doesn’t guarantee growth. If you focus on growth, you will grow and always hit goals.
John C. MaxwellJohn C. Maxwell
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