Winning or losing an argument, receiving an acceptance or rejection, is no proof of the validity or value of personal identity. One may be wrong, mistaken, or a poor craftsman, or just ignorant - but this is no indication of the true worth of one's total human identity: past, present and future!

The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath (ed. Anchor, 2007) - ISBN: 9780307429506