Edward Butscher > Quotes

“we want to remove our make-up and take off what is false and be real. But somewhere a piece of disguise that we forgot sticks to us … And so we walk around, a mockery and a mere half: neither having achieved being nor actors. RAINER MARIA RILKE”
― Edward Butscher, Sylvia Plath: Method and Madness

“The masks of her life would become the mythical body of her art.”
― Edward Butscher, Sylvia Plath: Method and Madness

“Reflect in terror the scorching sun: dive at your mirror and drown within.”
― Edward Butscher, Sylvia Plath: Method and Madness