I have the choice of being constantly active and happy or introspectively passive and sad. Or I can go mad by ricocheting in between. (Sylvia Plath)

I have the choice of being constantly active and happy or introspectively passive and sad. Or I can go mad by ricocheting in between.

Sylvia Plath

Related topics

choice happy mad sad

Related quotes

Elliott: "Do you want to hear a happy or a sad song?" Crowd: "Happy!" Elliott: "Old or new?" Crowd: "Old!" Elliott: "Happy and old, that's a strange choice." View quote
Elliott Smith
It will not hurt me when I am old, A running tide where moonlight burned Will not sting me like silver snakes; The years will make me sad and cold, It is the happy heart that breaks. View quote
Sara Teasdale
I am learning how to be angry and sad and lonely and joyful and excited and afraid and happy. View quote
Laurie Halse Anderson
But smiles and tears are so alike with me, they are neither of them confined to any particular feelings: I often cry when I am happy, and smile when I am sad. View quote
Anne Brontë
The saddest kind of sad is the sad that tries not to be sad. You know, when Sad tries to bite its lip and not cry and smile and go, "No, I'm happy for you?" View quote
John Mayer