The abstract kills, the concrete saves.
SYLVIA PLATHGo out and do something. It isn’t your room that’s a prison, it’s yourself.
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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.
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I felt overstuffed and dull and disappointed, the way I always do the day after Christmas.
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I must get my soul back from you; I am killing my flesh without it.
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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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One thing, I try to be honest. And what is revealed is often rather hideously unflattering.
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The truth comes to me. The truth loves me.
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I find myself absolutely fulfilled when I have written a poem.
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I smile, now, thinking: we all like to think we are important enough to need psychiatrists.
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It is so much safer not to feel, not to let the world touch me.
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There is a certain unique and strange delight about walking down an empty street alone.
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I find myself absolutely fulfilled when I have written a poem.
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I want to be important. By being different. And these girls are all the same.
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I am terrified by this dark thing that sleeps in me.
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Go out and do something. It isn’t your room that’s a prison, it’s yourself.
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I’m sarcastic, skeptical, and sometimes callous because I’m still afraid, deep down, of letting myself be hurt.
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