Bitter Fame: Sylvia Plath

Ironically enough, all my attempts to earn money by prostituting my talent, e.g., by writing hundreds of Lucky Strike jingles, have been silent, while Big Money has come from all my attempts at artistic satisfaction without care for remuneration.

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—	Sylvia Plath in a letter to her brother Warren

lovingsylvia:

Sylvia & Ted in their Boston apartment in 1958

…and because you’re eighteen, because you’re still vulnerable, because you still don’t have faith in yourself, you talk a little fliply, a little too wisely, just to cover up so you won’t be accused of sentimentality or emotionalism or feminine tactics. you cover up, so you can still laugh at yourself while there’s time.

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—	Sylvia Plath (via thechocolatebrigade)