Teasdale's Suicide and "I Shall Not Care"
A common urban legend surrounds Teasdale's suicide. The legend claims that her poem "I Shall Not Care" (which features themes of abandonment, bitterness, and contemplation of death) was penned as a suicide note to a former lover. However, the poem was actually first published in her 1915 collection Rivers to the Sea, a full 18 years before her suicide:
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Famous quotes containing the words teasdale, suicide and/or care:
“As a flower, as a fire, as a hushed footfall
In a long forgotten snow.”
—Sara Teasdale (1884–1933)
“When one realizes that his life is worthless he either commits suicide or travels.”
—Edward Dahlberg (1900–1977)
“I do not care for such speech in the midst of ills; harsh words, even when just, still sting.”
—Sophocles (497–406/5 B.C.)