My mother said the cure for thinking too much about yourself was helping somebody who was worse off than you.
SYLVIA PLATHBefore I give my body, I must give my thoughts, my mind, my dreams.
More Sylvia Plath Quotes
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I am myself. That is not enough.
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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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People or stars Regard me sadly, I disappoint them.
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I talk to God but the sky is empty.
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It is awful to want to go away and to want to go nowhere.
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I am dead to them, even though I once flowered.
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What horrifies me most is the idea of being useless: well-educated, brilliantly promising, and fading out into an indifferent middle age.
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I am too pure for you or anyone.
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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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Only I wasn’t steering anything, not even myself.
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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 love my rejection slips. They show me I try.
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What I fear most, I think, is the death of the imagination.
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I find myself absolutely fulfilled when I have written a poem.
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Cheers for spring; for life; for a growing soul.
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