I couldn't imagine that I'd ever fall in love again like I had with Gideon. For better or worse, he was my soulmate. The other half of me. In many ways, he was my reflection.
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Nightly it flaps out
Looking, with its hooks, for something to love.
I am t... SYLVIA PLATH People are cruel, and they will do anything. SYLVIA BROWNRIGG If neurotic is wanting two mutually exclusive things at one and the same time, then I'm neurotic as... SYLVIA PLATH One of the soundest rules to remember when making forecasts in the field of economics is that what... SYLVIA PORTER I am going to fight capitalism even if it kills me. It is wrong that people like you should be comfo... SYLVIA PANKHURST Some think it's holding on that makes one strong; sometimes it's letting go. SYLVIA ROBINSON I wish to cry. Yet, I laugh, and my lipstick leaves a red stain like a bloody crescent moon on the t... SYLVIA PLATH I began to think vodka was my drink at last. It didn’t taste like anything, but it went straight d... SYLVIA PLATH because wherever I sat—on the deck of a ship or at a street café in Paris or Bangkok—I would be... SYLVIA PLATH I didn’t want my picture taken because I was going to cry. I didn’t know why I was going to cry,... SYLVIA PLATH There must be quite a few things a hot bath won't cure, but I don't know many of them. SYLVIA PLATH