I buried my head under the darkness of the pillow and pretended it was…

Sylvia Plath
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I buried my head under the darkness of the pillow and pretended it was night. I couldn't see the point of getting up. I had nothing to look forward to. ✨ Sylvia Plath (2016). The Bell Jar, p.61, Hamilton Books
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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. ✨ Sylvia Plath (2015). Collected Poems, p.4, Faber & Faber
I wanted to be where nobody I knew could ever come. ✨ Sylvia Plath (2016). The Bell Jar, p.90, Hamilton Books
I wonder about all the roads not taken and am moved to quote Frost...but won't. It is sad to be able only to mouth other poets. I want someone to mouth me. ✨ Sylvia Plath (2007). The Unabridged Journ … ▶
…* to learn that money makes life smooth in some ways, and to feel how tight and threadbare life is if you have too little. * to despise money, which is a farce, mere paper, and to hate what you have … ▶
And by the way, everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it, and the imagination to improvise. The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt. ✨ Sylvia Plath (2013). The … ▶

I buried my head under the darkness of the pillow and pretended it was night. I couldn't see the point of getting up. I had nothing to look forward to. ✨ Sylvia Plath (2016). The Bell Jar, p.61, Hamilton Books

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