Mostly they seem companionable without needing to talk. A woman’s body has given birth to a friend.
“I'm sorry for my inability to let unimportant things go, for my inability to hold on to the important things.”
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“I think and think and think, I‘ve thought myself out of happiness one million times, but never once into it.”
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“I can never read all the books I want; I can never be all the people I want and live all the lives I want. I can never train myself in all the skills I want. And why do I want? I want to live and feel all the shades, tones and variations of mental and physical experience possible in my life. And I am horribly limited.”
― The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
― The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
“I have this strange feeling that I'm not myself anymore. It's hard to put into words, but I guess it's like I was fast asleep, and someone came, disassembled me, and hurriedly put me back together again. That sort of feeling.”
― Sputnik Sweetheart
― Sputnik Sweetheart
“Who says life is fair, where is that written?”
― The Princess Bride
― The Princess Bride
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