Doing all the little tricky things it takes to grow up, step by step, into an anxious and unsettling world.

Quote by Sylvia Plath

Topics: Fear Quotes

How frail the human heart must be - a mirrored pool of thought.

How frail the human heart must be - a mirrored pool of thought.

I took a deep breath and listened to the old bray of my heart. I...

I took a deep breath and listened to the old bray of my heart. I...

Nothing stinks like a pile of unpublished writing.

Nothing stinks like a pile of unpublished writing.

I could feel tears brimming and sloshing in me like water in a glass that...

I could feel tears brimming and sloshing in me like water in a glass that...

Widow. The word consumes itself.

Widow. The word consumes itself.

Dying is an art, like everything else. I do it exceptionally well. I do it...

Dying is an art, like everything else. I do it exceptionally well. I do it...

And by the way, everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing...

And by the way, everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing...

The man creates a pseudonym and hides behind it like a worm

The man creates a pseudonym and hides behind it like a worm

What does one woman see in another than a man cannot see? Tenderness

What does one woman see in another than a man cannot see? Tenderness

Perhaps when we find ourselves wanting everything, it is because we are dangerously close to...

Perhaps when we find ourselves wanting everything, it is because we are dangerously close to...

But life is long. And it is the long run that balances the short flare...

But life is long. And it is the long run that balances the short flare...

The velvet dodges of the hypocrit

The velvet dodges of the hypocrit

There must be quite a few things that a hot bath won't cure, but I...

There must be quite a few things that a hot bath won't cure, but I...

I took a deep breath and listened to the old bray of my heart. I...

I took a deep breath and listened to the old bray of my heart. I...

I love him to hell and back and heaven and back, and have and do...

I love him to hell and back and heaven and back, and have and do...

I am too pure for you or anyone.

I am too pure for you or anyone.

I talk to God but the sky is empty.

I talk to God but the sky is empty.

Apparently, the most difficult feat for a Cambridge male is to accept a woman not...

Apparently, the most difficult feat for a Cambridge male is to accept a woman not...

Is there no way out of the mind?

Is there no way out of the mind?

I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead; I lift my eyes and...

I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead; I lift my eyes and...