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“All I want is blackness. Blackness and silence.
(The actual Sylvia Plath quote from "The Moon and the Yew Tree" is:
"And the message of the yew tree is blackness –
blackness and silence.")”
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(The actual Sylvia Plath quote from "The Moon and the Yew Tree" is:
"And the message of the yew tree is blackness –
blackness and silence.")”
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“I am terrified by this dark thing that sleeps in me.”
― The Collected Poems
― The Collected Poems
“I am but one more drop in the great sea of matter, defined, with the ability to realize my existence.”
― Letters of Sylvia Plath, Volume I: 1940-1956
― Letters of Sylvia Plath, Volume I: 1940-1956
“Tomorrow is another day toward death.”
― The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
― The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
“Death might appear to destroy the meaning in our lives, but in fact it is the very source of our creativity. As Kafka said, “The meaning of life is that it ends.” Death is the engine that keeps us running, giving us the motivation to achieve, learn, love, and create.”
― Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory
― Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory
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