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Winter Trees

by Sylvia Plath

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To Paradise by Hanya Yanagihara

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You should always have a close friend you’re slightly afraid of.” Why? “Because it means that you’ll have someone in your life who really challenges you, who forces you to become better in some way, in whatever way you’re most scared of: ...more

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“People or stars
Regard me sadly, I disappoint them.”
― Sylvia Plath, Ariel

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“Carry the fire.”
― Cormac McCarthy, The Road

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“Why can’t I try on different lives, like dresses, to see which fits best and is more becoming?”
― Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

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“It is strange that we, who are capable of so much suffering, should inflict so much suffering.”
― Virginia Woolf, The Waves

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“I know my life's meaningful because" - and here he stopped, and looked shy, and was silent for a moment before he continued - " because I'm a good friend. I love my friends, and I care about them, and I think I make them happy.”
― Hanya Yanagihara, A Little Life

tags: life, meaning

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