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“I may never be happy, but tonight I am content.”

Quote by Sylvia Plath

Book:The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

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The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

This book presents the extensive and unedited journals of Sylvia Plath, offering a candid and intimate look into her thoughts, experiences, and creative process throughout her life. more

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American poet, novelist, and playwright. Her works are known for their profound emotion and unique style, and she is considered one of the most important female writers of the 20th century. more

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“But they know. They all know. And what am I against so many…?”

Book:The Journals of Sylvia Plath

Source: The Journals of Sylvia Plath

“I don't see,' I said, 'how people stand being old. Your insides all dry up. When you're young you're so self-reliant. You don't even need much religion.”

People Needs Said Self Young Dry Self Reliant Dry Up Being Old

Book:The Journals of Sylvia Plath

Source: The Journals of Sylvia Plath

“God, is this all it is, the ricocheting down the corridor of laughter and tears? Of self-worship and self-loathing? Of glory and disgust?”

Self Tears Worship Glory Laughter Disgusting Loathing Self Loathing Corridors

Book:The Journals of Sylvia Plath

Source: The Journals of Sylvia Plath

“A little thing, like children putting flowers in my hair, can fill up the widening cracks in my self-assurance like soothing lanolin.”

Children Littles Self Flower Hair Cracks Little Things Assurance Soothing Self Assurance

Book:The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

Source: The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

“But writing poems and letters doesn't seem to do much good.”

Writing Seems Letters Writing Poems

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Source: The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

“I love the people,' I said. 'I have room in me for love, and for ever so many little lives.”

People Littles Said Rooms

Book:The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

Source: The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

“How can I tell Bob that my happiness streams from having wrenched a piece out of my life, a piece of hurt and beauty, and transformed it to typewritten words on paper? How can he know I am justifying my life, my keen emotions, my feeling, by turning it into print?”

Knows Feelings Hurt Emotion Pieces Paper Streams Print Transformed Bob Words On Paper

Book:The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

Source: The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

“…'It always has to end, doesn't it? We always have to separate.' 'Yes,' I said. He was insistent, 'But it doesn't always have to be that way. We could be together some day for always.' 'Oh, no,' I told him, wondering if he knew it was all over. 'We keep running till we die. We separate, get further apart, till we are dead.”

Ifs Way Said Ends Running Together Dies Wonder Keep Running

Book:The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

Source: The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

“I had been alone more than I could have been had I gone by myself.”

Has Beens Gone Could Have Been

Author:Sylvia Plath

“The future is what matters — because one never reaches it, but always stays in the present — like the White Queen who had to run like the wind to remain in the same spot.”

Matter Running White Wind Ambition Spots Queens What Matters

Book:The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

Source: The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath