When he dies, his marks will not be written

 

 

When he dies, his marks will not be written on his gravestone. If he has loved a book, been kind to someone, enjoyed a certain color in the sea that is the thing that will show whether he has lived.

- Sylvia Plath, Letter to her mother dated November 29, 1956 in which Plath gives advice concerning the depressed son of a friend.