“What is my life for and what am I going to do with it? I don't know and I'm afraid.”
Sylvia Plath (1932–1963) American poet, novelist and short story writer
Source: The Journals of Sylvia Plath
“I have lived my life according to this principle: If I'm afraid of it, then I must do it.”
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