The only time
most people feel
alive
is when they're
suffering,
when something
overwhelms their ordinary,
careful armour,
and the naked child
is flung out
onto the world.
That's why
the things that are
worst to undergo
are best to remember.
-- Ted Hughes
(letter to his son, Nicholas, 1986)
(contained in Letters of Ted Hughes)
(arranged quote)
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