How can I tell Bob that my happiness streams from having wrenched a piece out of my life, a piece of hurt and beauty, and transformed it to typewritten words on paper? How can he know I am justifying my life, my keen emotions, my feeling, by turning it into print? Sylvia Plath
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It is easy to forget the power of words until you read them. Words can change meaning. The power of words can also destroy people. "How can I tell Bob that my happiness streams from having wrenched a piece out of my life, a piece of hurt and beauty, and transformed it to typewritten words on paper? How can he know I am justifying my life, my keen emotions, my feeling, by turning it into print?" When one person does something to another, especially something painful or shameful, they will often try to make themselves feel better by finding reasons to justify their actions.

Source: The Unabridged Journals Of Sylvia Plath

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