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I find that in a novel I can get more of life, perhaps not such intense life, but certainly more of life than in poetry.

Sylvia Plath

I knew you’d decide to be all right again.
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Again Decision Healing
A man’s world is different from a woman’s world and a man’s emotions are different from a woman’s emotions and only marriage can bring the two different sets of emotions together properly.
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Different Emotions Man Togetherness Woman World
I find myself absolutely fulfilled when I have written a poem.
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Absolute Finding Fulfillemnt Myself Poem Writing
If the body is a temple, then tattoos are its stained glass windows.
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Body Glass Stain Tattoo Temple Window
So much working, reading, thinking, living to do! A lifetime is not long enough.
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Enough Lifetime Live Reading Thinking Work
Only I wasn’t steering anything, not even myself.
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Myself Steer
I’m sarcastic, skeptical, and sometimes callous because I’m still afraid, deep down, of letting myself be hurt.
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Afraid Depression Hurt Myself Sarcastic
I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart. I am, I am, I am.
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Breath Heart Listen Peace Self Love
The trouble was, I had been inadequate all along, I simply hadn’t thought about it.
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Inadequate Trouble
I find myself absolutely fulfilled when I have written a poem.
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Absolute Finding Fulfillemnt Myself Poem Writing
Aloneness and selfness are too important to betray for company.
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Alone Betrayal Company Important Self Love
I felt overstuffed and dull and disappointed, the way I always do the day after Christmas.
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Always Christmas Disappointment Feeling
We should meet in another life, we should meet in air, me and you.
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Air Couple Friendship Imagination Meet Valentine
I didn’t want my picture taken because I was going to cry. I didn’t know why I was going to cry, but I knew that if anybody spoke to me or looked at me too closely the tears would fly out of my eyes and the sobs would fly out of my throat and I’d cry for a week.
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Broken Heart Cry Depression Pain Sad
We must be moving, working, making dreams to run toward; the poverty of life without dreams is too horrible to imagine.
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Dreams Horrible Imagination Life Poverty Work
And by the way, everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it, and the imagination to improvise. The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.
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Creative Doubt Enemy Gut Imagination Life Worst Writing

I find that in a novel I can get more of life, perhaps not such intense life, but certainly more of life than in poetry.

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