Ocupation: Poet
Life: October 27, 1932 - February 11, 1963
Birthday: October 27
Death: February 11
I had removed my patent leather shoes after a while, for they foundered badly in the sand. It pleased me to think they would be perched there on the silver log, pointing out to sea, like a sort of soul-compass, after I was dead.
source: Sylvia Plath (2008). “The Bell Jar”, p.113, Faber & Faber
topic: Thinking, Sea, Shoes, Leather Shoes, Bell Jar