Cut Quote by Sylvia Plath

““O my Homunculus, I am ill. I have taken a pill to kill The thin Papery feeling. From the poem "Cut", 24 October 1962””

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... These are my hands My knees. I may be skin and bone, Nevertheless, I am the same, identical woman. ... --Lady Lazarus

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I have to live my life, and it is the only one I’ll ever have.

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“The city had faded my tan, though. I looked yellow as a Chinaman. Ordinarily, I would have been nervous about my dress and my…

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Joy:show joy & enjoy: then others will be joyful.

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A million years of evolution, Eric said bitterly, and what are we? Animals.

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“I have stitched life into me like a rare organ --from "Three Women: A Poem for Three Voices", written 1962”

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