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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“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
“When pain brings you down, don't be silly, don't close your eyes and cry, you just might be in the best position to see the sun shine.”
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“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
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