Rhianna Turrell
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“You wait until the last minute so that, when you turn in a half-done story or something that was clearly rushed, it’s bad because you didn’t give yourself enough time, not because of your writing skills.” I started to cry. “You’re afraid
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“We all shine on...like the moon and the stars and the sun...we all shine on...come on and on and on...”
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“funny how a beautiful song could tell such a sad story”
― Lock and Key
― Lock and Key
“I feel a thick cord. It connects my spirit to a memory that I have tried to forget. I have pretended it wasn’t there, and I drank or even smoked my way around it when I was younger. Then I buried the memory under accomplishment. My story is stalled here, as if the cord has choked off the rest of the story and I cannot move forward. As the story maker, I have to find a way. First, I need to speak and remember what I do not want to remember. Even now, years later, when my mother is gone, even the monster is gone, I have come to understand they do not want the haunting either. They want to move on.”
― Poet Warrior
― Poet Warrior
“She taught me that there is no separation between being a poet and being a mother and a lover. All are warrior roles.”
― Poet Warrior
― Poet Warrior
“If they substituted the word 'Lust' for 'Love' in the popular songs it would come nearer the truth.”
― The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
― The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
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