“What matters deafness of the ear, when the mind hears? The one true deafness, the incurable deafness, is that of the mind.”
―
―
“Yes, I was infatuated with you: I am still. No one has ever heightened such a keen capacity of physical sensation in me. I cut you out because I couldn't stand being a passing fancy. Before I give my body, I must give my thoughts, my mind, my dreams. And you weren't having any of those.”
― The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
― The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
“I can never read all the books I want; I can never be all the people I want and live all the lives I want. I can never train myself in all the skills I want. And why do I want? I want to live and feel all the shades, tones and variations of mental and physical experience possible in my life. And I am horribly limited.”
― The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
― The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
“I like people too much or not at all. I've got to go down deep, to fall into people, to really know them.”
― The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
― The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
Pia’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Pia’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
More friends…
Polls voted on by Pia
Lists liked by Pia



































