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 PLATHI dream too much, work too little.
More Sylvia Plath Quotes
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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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Opinions are like orgasms, mine matters most and I really don’t care if you have one.
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I felt wise and cynical as all hell.
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I talk to God but the sky is empty.
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The abstract kills, the concrete saves.
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Love is the bone and sinew of my curse.
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One thing, I try to be honest. And what is revealed is often rather hideously unflattering.
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I felt my lungs inflate with the onrush of scenery – air, mountains, trees, people. I thought, This is what it is to be happy.
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What I fear most, I think, is the death of the imagination.
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If the body is a temple, then tattoos are its stained glass windows.
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I have stitched life into me like a rare organ.
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I must get my soul back from you; I am killing my flesh without it.
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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 find myself absolutely fulfilled when I have written a poem.
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Wear your heart on your skin in this life.
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