But life is long. And it is the long run that balances the short flare of interest and passion.

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But life is long. And it is the long run that balances the short flare of interest and passion.

-- Sylvia Plath

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I woke to the sound of rain.

-- Sylvia Plath

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I felt overstuffed and dull and disappointed, the way I always do the day after Christmas.

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I felt overstuffed and dull and disappointed, the way I always do the day after Christmas, as if whatever it was the pine boughs and the candles and the silver and gilt-ribboned presents and the birch-log fires and the Christmas turkey and the carols at the piano promised never came to pass.

-- Sylvia Plath

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But writing poems and letters doesn't seem to do much good.

-- Sylvia Plath

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