The abstract kills, the concrete saves.
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 too pure for you or anyone.
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I hate handing over money to people for doing what I could just as easily do myself, it makes me nervous.
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Perfection is terrible, it cannot have children.
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I smile, now, thinking: we all like to think we are important enough to need psychiatrists.
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I felt wise and cynical as all hell.
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Don’t let the wicked city get you down.
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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.
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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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Before I give my body, I must give my thoughts, my mind, my dreams.
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Wear your heart on your skin in this life.
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I am not cruel, only truthful.
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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 love my rejection slips. They show me I try.
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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.
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I talk to God but the sky is empty.
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