Sylvia Plath on children
Sylvia Plath105 quotes“Perfection is terrible, it cannot have children.”
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I am not cruel, only truthful.
Sylvia PlathSylvia Plath I write only because There is a voice within me That will not be still.
Sylvia PlathSylvia Plath I talk to God but the sky is empty.
Sylvia PlathSylvia Plath 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.
Sylvia PlathSylvia Plath Compared with me, a tree is immortal.
Sylvia PlathSylvia Plath I dream too much, work too little.
Sylvia PlathSylvia Plath I don’t care about anyone, and the feeling is quite obviously mutual.
Sylvia PlathSylvia Plath Cheers for spring; for life; for a growing soul.
Sylvia PlathSylvia Plath 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
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My humanity, in common with all of God’s children, gives the greatest flight to my full range of my possibilities.
Arthur AsheArthur Ashe A child does not try to know the mother, it simply has faith in her. In the same way, having faith in the Divine is the source of the greatest strength.
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