"I do think that it is hard for me to share myself with everyone. My introspection and queer thoughts..."

“I do think that it is hard for me to share myself with everyone. My introspection and queer thoughts always make me feel no one will understand – except someone I love. When I love someone, I make myself increasingly vulnerable to them – and give them the power to hurt me.”

- Sylvia Plath, from a letter to Ann Davidow-Goodman written c. May 1951 (via violentwavesofemotion)