once wild

if the heart is wild, no fence will keep you

23. Portland Native. Tanzania Bound. Tattoo Lover. Jesus Follower. Believer in the Seamless Garment. World Citizen. Teacher. Bibliophile. Whimsical. Wild at Heart. HIV/AIDS Activist. Egalitarian. Feminist. Dreamer. Karaoke Queen. Writer. Constantly Changing.

Things I love (& tend to post): world maps, tattoos, trees, bird imagery, RENT, history from multiple perspectives, celebrating cultures, mason jars, owls, roller derby, quotes, nature

January 19, 2012 2:04 pm
"I love people. Everybody. I love them, I think, as a stamp collector loves his collection. Every story, every incident, every bit of conversation is raw material for me. My love’s not impersonal yet not wholly subjective either. I would like to be everyone, a cripple, a dying man, a whore, and then come back to write about my thoughts, my emotions, as that person. But I am not omniscient. I have to live my life, and it is the only one I’ll ever have. And you cannot regard your own life with objective curiosity all the time."

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Sylvia Plath
July 24, 2011 10:11 pm
"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 life. And I am horribly limited."

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Sylvia Plath
May 31, 2011 9:09 pm
"What horrifies me most is the idea of being useless: well-educated, brilliantly promising, and fading out into an indifferent middle age."

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Sylvia Plath

(Source: wreck-loose)

May 8, 2011 7:17 pm
"Remember, remember, this is now, and now, and now. Live it, feel it, cling to it. I want to become acutely aware of all I’ve taken for granted."

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Sylvia Plath

(Source: adriannaevonne, via dirtyhawaiian)

March 26, 2011 5:52 am
fghtffyrdmnsvrinda: I would let it free.  Exhibit B in the case for Everything can be Related Back to Plath.

fghtffyrdmnsvrinda:

I would let it free. 

Exhibit B in the case for Everything can be Related Back to Plath.

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February 15, 2011 8:41 pm

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February 8, 2011 9:42 pm

(Source: wanderboobie, via fuckyeahsylviaplath)

January 23, 2011 7:35 pm
"Theresa cut in for the next slow song. As soon as her mouth was within whispering distance of my ear, she said, “You look like a mink who’s about to be turned into a coat.”
“You’ve been working on that line for the past hour, haven’t you?” I asked.
She nodded.
“What were some of the runner-ups?”
“Well, there was ‘You look like Sylvia Plath waiting for the oven to preheat.’ And ‘You look like you’re taking the SATs and you’ve only brought pens.’ And just plain ‘You look like a castrato.’ I decided to go with the mink.”
“I might’ve gone with Plath.”
“But you haven’t even read Plath.”
“Maybe I’ll go home right now and start."

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from David Levithan’s short story The Good Witch (found in How They Met, and other stories)

Amanda and I have decided to steal the Plath comment for just about every occasion.

January 19, 2011 8:28 pm
etsy: Sylvia Plath I am canvas tote bag by amandertot on Etsy

etsy:

Sylvia Plath I am canvas tote bag by amandertot on Etsy

January 16, 2011 11:45 pm
"

Herr God, Herr Lucifer,
Beware.
Beware.

Out of the ash
I rise with my red hair
And I eat men like air.

"

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Sylvia Plath, Lady Lazarus (1965)

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January 6, 2011 6:12 pm
"I want to taste and glory in each day, and never be afraid to experience pain; and never shut myself up in a numb core of nonfeeling, or stop questioning and criticizing life and take the easy way out. To learn and think: to think and live; to live and learn: this always, with new insight, new understanding, and new love."

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Sylvia Plath (The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath)

(Source: backseatbanter)

December 22, 2010 10:04 pm
This reminds me of Eliot’s line:  “I grow old, I grow oldI shall wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled.”

This reminds me of Eliot’s line: 

“I grow old, I grow old
I shall wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled.”

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November 29, 2010 12:43 am
itsjustmeemily: clipclopclap: theresaswimmingpoolinthelibrary: (via iamchar) Sylv and I are basically the same person. One of my favorite poems…despite the fact that, as of yesterday morning, I am no longer a redhead (or whatever you call girls/boys with red hair and pink bangs).

itsjustmeemily:

clipclopclap:

theresaswimmingpoolinthelibrary:

(via iamchar)

Sylv and I are basically the same person.

One of my favorite poems…despite the fact that, as of yesterday morning, I am no longer a redhead (or whatever you call girls/boys with red hair and pink bangs).