October 2008
23 posts
“Everyone is the rainbow to somebody’s cloud.”
– Maya Angelou speaking at the Edmont Society benefit last night at The Friar’s Club
“The really important kind of freedom involves attention, and awareness, and...”
– David Foster Wallace
A Letter from Hughes
The following is a letter written by Ted Hughes after the suicide of his wife, Sylvia Plath. It’s full of regret, self-incrimination, and love, and it’s very, very heartbreaking. The part of the letter that struck me most is when he says, “We were utterly blind, we were both desperate, stupid, and proud — and the pride made us oblique, she especially so. I know Sylvia was so made...
