I am terrified by this dark thing that sleeps in me.
SYLVIA PLATHWear your heart on your skin in this life.
More Sylvia Plath Quotes
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I love life. But it is hard and I have so much, so very much to learn.
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I feel terribly vulnerable and ‘not-myself’ when I’m not writing.
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The abstract kills, the concrete saves.
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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.
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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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Every day is precious and I feel infinitely sad at this time melting away from me.
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What I fear most, I think, is the death of the imagination.
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Intoxicated with madness, I’m in love with my sadness.
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The hardest thing, I think, is to live richly in the present, without letting it be tainted and spoiled out of fear for the future or regret for a badly-managed past.
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I felt wise and cynical as all hell.
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See, the darkness is leaking from the cracks. I cannot contain it. I cannot contain my life.
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Hour by hour, day by day, life becomes possible.
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I like people too much or not at all. I’ve got to go down deep, to fall into people, to really know them.
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I find myself absolutely fulfilled when I have written a poem.
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Aloneness and selfness are too important to betray for company.
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