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“...we shall board our imagined ship and wildly sail among sacred islands of the mad till death shatters the fabulous stars and makes us real.”

Book:Collected Poems

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Collected Poems

This book is a collection of poems that spans different styles and themes, showcasing the diversity of poetic expression. more

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Sylvia Plath

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

“Life is an experimental journey undertaken involuntarily. It is a journey of the spirit through the material world and, since it is the spirit that travels, it is the spirit that is experienced. That is why there exist contemplative souls who have lived more intensely, more widely, more tumultuously than others who have lived their lives purely externally. The end result is what matters. What one felt was what one experienced. One retires to bed as wearily from having dreamed as from having done hard physical labor. One never lives so intensely as when one has been thinking hard.”

Thinking World Has Beens Soul Ends Matter Hard Done Life Is Spirit Felt Results Journey Materials Bed Labor Retiring What Matters Contemplative Material World End Results Thinking Hard

Author:Fernando Pessoa

“And try to remember what we discussed, Susannah. A mediator is someone who helps others resolve conflicts. Not someone who, er, kicks them in the face.”

Trying Helping Remember Faces Conflict Helping Others Kicks Resolve Mediators

Book:High Stakes

Source: High Stakes

“Romantic Love is only an Illusion. A story one makes up in One's Mind about Another Person.”

Mind Persons Stories Love Is Illusion Romantic Love

Author:Virginia Woolf

“...Despite the mayhem that followed, Bruno found that he was still holding Shmuel's hand in his own and nothing in the world would have persuaded him to let go.”

World Stills Hands Found Letting Go Despite Holocaust Pajamas Mayhem Shmuel

Author:John Boyne

“I had decided early on that if I couldn’t dress elegant, I’d dress memorable.”

Ifs Decided Dresses Memorable Elegant

Book:The Bean Trees: A Novel

Source: The Bean Trees: A Novel

“I rose and moved towards him. You would have done the same yourself. It is an ancient matter. Something propels you towards sudden grief, or perhaps also sometimes repels. You move away. I moved towards it, I couldn't help it.”

Sometimes Matter Done Helping Moving Grief Moved Rose Ancient

Book:The Secret Scripture

Source: The Secret Scripture

“The world is not full of betrayers, it is full of people with decent motives and a full desire to do right by those who know them and love them. This is a little-known truth, but I think it is a truth nonetheless. Empirically, from all the years of my work, I would attest to that. I know it is a miraculous conclusion, but there it is. We like to make strangers of everyone. We are not wolves, but lambs astonished in the margins of the fields by sunlight and summer.”

People Thinking Knows World Years Littles Desire Known Fields Summer And Love Stranger Conclusion Motive Decent Sunlight Miraculous Margins Lambs

Author:Sebastian Barry

“I knew immediately something was terribly wrong, but you can know that and not allow the thought in your head, at the front of your head. It dances around at the back, where it can't be controlled. But the front of the head is where the pain begins.”

Knows Pain Fronts Controlled Thoughts In Your Head

Book:The Secret Scripture

Source: The Secret Scripture

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