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Plath's Quotes By Sylvia Plath: Jay Cee's ugly as sin.

Jay Cee's ugly as sin. — Sylvia Plath

Plath's Quotes By Sylvia Plath: Whenever I thought about men and men, and

Whenever I thought about men and men, and women and women, I could never really imagine what they would actually be doing. — Sylvia Plath

Plath's Quotes By Sylvia Plath: My wanting to write books annihilates the original

My wanting to write books annihilates the original root impulse that would have me bravely and blunderingly working on them. — Sylvia Plath

Plath's Quotes By Sylvia Plath: I'm doped and thick from my last sleeping

I'm doped and thick from my last sleeping pill. — Sylvia Plath

Plath's Quotes By Sylvia Plath: Wind warns November's done with. The blown leaves

Wind warns November's done with. The blown leaves make bat-shapes, Web-winged and furious. — Sylvia Plath

Plath's Quotes By Sylvia Plath: I reckon a good poem lasts a whole

I reckon a good poem lasts a whole lot longer than a hundred of those people put together. — Sylvia Plath

Plath's Quotes By Michael Grant: What's in the bag?" Plath asked."Laptops and phones.

What's in the bag?" Plath asked.
"Laptops and phones. And guns."
"Laptops and phones and guns, oh my!" Burnofsky parodied. — Michael Grant

Plath's Quotes By Sylvia Plath: I felt wise and cynical as all hell.

I felt wise and cynical as all hell. — Sylvia Plath

Plath's Quotes By Sylvia Plath: I have taken a pill to kill The

I have taken a pill to kill The thin Papery feeling. — Sylvia Plath

Plath's Quotes By Sylvia Plath: I've begun to think like a Jew, to

I've begun to think like a Jew, to feel like a Jew. — Sylvia Plath

Plath's Quotes By Sylvia Plath: Worse even than your maddening song, your silence.

Worse even than your maddening song, your silence. — Sylvia Plath

Plath's Quotes By Sylvia Plath: People or starsRegard me sadly, I disappoint them.From

People or stars
Regard me sadly, I disappoint them.
From the poem "Sheep in Fog", 2 December 1962, 28 January 1963 — Sylvia Plath

Plath's Quotes By Sylvia Plath: Whose is that long white box in the

Whose is that long white box in the grove, what have they accomplished, why am I cold. — Sylvia Plath

Plath's Quotes By Sylvia Plath: A psychiatrist is the God of our age.

A psychiatrist is the God of our age. But they cost money. — Sylvia Plath

Plath's Quotes By Sylvia Plath: I don't know what it is like to

I don't know what it is like to not have deep emotions. Even when I feel nothing, I feel it completely — Sylvia Plath

Plath's Quotes By Sylvia Plath: It seemed silly to wash one day when

It seemed silly to wash one day when I would only have to wash again the next.
It made me tired just to think of it. — Sylvia Plath

Plath's Quotes By Sylvia Plath: I inhabit the wax image of myself, a

I inhabit the wax image of myself, a doll's body. Sickness begins here; I am a dartboard for witches. — Sylvia Plath

Plath's Quotes By Sylvia Plath: Write about the cow, Mrs. Spaulding's heavy eyelids,

Write about the cow, Mrs. Spaulding's heavy eyelids, the smell of vanilla flavoring in a brown bottle. That's where the magic mountains begin. — Sylvia Plath

Plath's Quotes By Sylvia Plath: It is awful to want to go away

It is awful to want to go away and to want to go nowhere. — Sylvia Plath

Plath's Quotes By Sylvia Plath: Mother of otherness, Eat me.

Mother of otherness,
Eat me. — Sylvia Plath

Plath's Quotes By Sylvia Plath: If the body is a temple, then tattoos

If the body is a temple, then tattoos are its stained glass windows. — Sylvia Plath

Plath's Quotes By Sylvia Plath: We shall by morningInherit the earth. Our foot's

We shall by morning
Inherit the earth.
Our foot's in the door. — Sylvia Plath

Plath's Quotes By Sylvia Plath: The abstract kills, the concrete saves.

The abstract kills, the concrete saves. — Sylvia Plath

Plath's Quotes By Sylvia Plath: One thing, I try to be honest. And

One thing, I try to be honest. And what is revealed is often rather hideously unflattering. — Sylvia Plath

Plath's Quotes By Sylvia Plath: The tulips are too red ... they hurt

The tulips are too red ... they hurt me. — Sylvia Plath

Plath's Quotes By Sylvia Plath: I love my rejection slips. They show me

I love my rejection slips. They show me I try. — Sylvia Plath

Plath's Quotes By Sylvia Plath: Perfection is terrible, it cannot have children.

Perfection is terrible, it cannot have children. — Sylvia Plath

Plath's Quotes By Sylvia Plath: Please, I want so badly for the good

Please, I want so badly for the good things to happen. — Sylvia Plath

Plath's Quotes By Sylvia Plath: I wondered at what point in space the

I wondered at what point in space the silly, sham blue of the sky turned black. — Sylvia Plath

Plath's Quotes By Sylvia Plath: What ceremony of words can patch the havoc?

What ceremony of words can patch the havoc? — Sylvia Plath

Plath's Quotes By Sylvia Plath: When you give someone your whole heart and

When you give someone your whole heart and he doesn't want it, you cannot take it back. It's gone forever. — Sylvia Plath

Plath's Quotes By Sylvia Plath: The sheets grow heavy as a lecher's kiss.

The sheets grow heavy as a lecher's kiss. — Sylvia Plath

Plath's Quotes By Sylvia Plath: We stayed at home to write, to consolidate

We stayed at home to write, to consolidate our outstretched selves. — Sylvia Plath

Plath's Quotes By Sylvia Plath: The man creates a pseudonym and hides behind

The man creates a pseudonym and hides behind it like a worm — Sylvia Plath

Plath's Quotes By Sylvia Plath: Well, I know now. I know a little

Well, I know now. I know a little more how much a simple thing like a snowfall can mean to a person — Sylvia Plath

Plath's Quotes By Sylvia Plath: I have been holding a dialogue with myself

I have been holding a dialogue with myself and girding myself to stand fast without running. — Sylvia Plath

Plath's Quotes By Sylvia Plath: We walk on air, Watson.There is only the

We walk on air, Watson.
There is only the moon, embalmed in phosphorus.
There is only a crow in a tree. Make notes. — Sylvia Plath

Plath's Quotes By Sylvia Plath: To the person in the bell jar, blank

To the person in the bell jar, blank and stopped as a dead baby, the world itself is a bad dream. — Sylvia Plath

Plath's Quotes By Sylvia Plath: I must be lean & write & make

I must be lean & write & make worlds beside this to live in. — Sylvia Plath

Plath's Quotes By Sylvia Plath: I cannot run, I am rooted, and the

I cannot run, I am rooted, and the gorse hurts me
With its yellow purses, its spiky armoury.
I could not run without having to run forever. — Sylvia Plath

Plath's Quotes By Sylvia Plath: What do you do? I asked the man,

What do you do? I asked the man, to break the silence shooting up around me on all sides, thick as jungle grass — Sylvia Plath

Plath's Quotes By Sylvia Plath: Though it's quite clear all your beauty, all

Though it's quite clear all your beauty, all your wit, is a gift, my dear, from me. — Sylvia Plath

Plath's Quotes By Sylvia Plath: I wanted to be where nobody I knew

I wanted to be where nobody I knew could ever come. — Sylvia Plath

Plath's Quotes By Sylvia Plath: Being mythological does wonders for one's ego.

Being mythological does wonders for one's ego. — Sylvia Plath

Plath's Quotes By Sylvia Plath: They mistake their star, these papery godfolk.

They mistake their star, these papery godfolk. — Sylvia Plath

Plath's Quotes By Sylvia Plath: That's tough, Joan," I said, picking up my

That's tough, Joan," I said, picking up my book. "Because I don't like you. You make me puke, if you want to know. — Sylvia Plath

Plath's Quotes By Sylvia Plath: The artist's life nourishes itself on the particular,

The artist's life nourishes itself on the particular, the concrete. — Sylvia Plath

Plath's Quotes By Sylvia Plath: What is so real as the cry of

What is so real as the cry of a child?
A rabbit's cry may be wilder
But it has no soul. — Sylvia Plath

Plath's Quotes By Sylvia Plath: I am the magician's girl who does not

I am the magician's girl who does not flinch. — Sylvia Plath

Plath's Quotes By Alison Bechdel: I have never read Sylvia Plath. My mother

I have never read Sylvia Plath. My mother has never read Virginia Woolf. In general, we have stayed out of one another's way like this. — Alison Bechdel

Plath's Quotes By Sylvia Plath: I was my own woman.The next step was

I was my own woman.
The next step was to find the proper sort of man. — Sylvia Plath

Plath's Quotes By Sylvia Plath: You defy questions;You defy other godhood.I walk dry

You defy questions;
You defy other godhood.
I walk dry on your kingdom's border,
Exiled to no good. — Sylvia Plath

Plath's Quotes By Sylvia Plath: Your room is not your prison. You are.

Your room is not your prison. You are. — Sylvia Plath

Plath's Quotes By Sylvia Plath: Go out and do something. It isn't your

Go out and do something. It isn't your room that's a prison, it's yourself. — Sylvia Plath

Plath's Quotes By Sylvia Plath: I fancied you'd return the way you said,But

I fancied you'd return the way you said,
But I grow old and I forget your name.
From the poem Mad Girl's Love Song — Sylvia Plath

Plath's Quotes By Sylvia Plath: I'm very interested in everything. The words fell

I'm very interested in everything. The words fell with a hollow flatness on to Jay Cee's desk, like so many wooden nickels. — Sylvia Plath

Plath's Quotes By Sylvia Plath: Maybe it's my ego. Maybe I crave someone

Maybe it's my ego. Maybe I crave someone who will never be my rival. — Sylvia Plath

Plath's Quotes By Sylvia Plath: Hour by hour, day by day, life becomes

Hour by hour, day by day, life becomes possible. — Sylvia Plath

Plath's Quotes By Sylvia Plath: Someday, god knows when, I will stop this

Someday, god knows when, I will stop this absurd, self-pitying, idle, futile despair, and I will begin to think again. — Sylvia Plath

Plath's Quotes By Sylvia Plath: Is anyone anywhere happy?

Is anyone anywhere happy? — Sylvia Plath

Plath's Quotes By Woody Allen: Sylvia Plath. Interesting poetess whose tragic suicide was

Sylvia Plath. Interesting poetess whose tragic suicide was misinterpreted as romantic by the college-girl mentality. — Woody Allen

Plath's Quotes By Sylvia Plath: Slowly, slowly, catch the monkey.

Slowly, slowly, catch the monkey. — Sylvia Plath

Plath's Quotes By Sylvia Plath: I have never found anybody who could stand

I have never found anybody who could stand to accept the daily demonstrative love I feel in me, and give back as good as I give. — Sylvia Plath

Plath's Quotes By Sylvia Plath: I knew you'd decide to be all right

I knew you'd decide to be all right again. — Sylvia Plath

Plath's Quotes By Sylvia Plath: ...Life happens so hard and fast I sometimes

...Life happens so hard and fast I sometimes wonder who is me... — Sylvia Plath

Plath's Quotes By Sylvia Plath: I want so obviously, so desperately to be

I want so obviously, so desperately to be loved, and to be capable of love. — Sylvia Plath

Plath's Quotes By Sylvia Plath: There is a certain clinical satisfaction in seeing

There is a certain clinical satisfaction in seeing just how bad things can get. — Sylvia Plath

Plath's Quotes By Sylvia Plath: You inherit white heather, a bee's wing,Two suicides,

You inherit white heather, a bee's wing,
Two suicides, the family wolves,
Hours of blankness. — Sylvia Plath

Plath's Quotes By Sylvia Plath: I am inhabited by a cry. Nightly it

I am inhabited by a cry.
Nightly it flaps out
Looking, with its hooks, for something to love. — Sylvia Plath

Plath's Quotes By Sylvia Plath: I went to the bronze boy whom I

I went to the bronze boy whom I love, partly because no one really cares for him — Sylvia Plath

Plath's Quotes By Sylvia Plath: You were doing fine," a familiar voice informed

You were doing fine," a familiar voice informed my ear, "until that man stepped into your path. — Sylvia Plath

Plath's Quotes By Sylvia Plath: As I paddled on, mt heartbeat boomed like

As I paddled on, mt heartbeat boomed like a motor in my ears. I am I am I am. — Sylvia Plath

Plath's Quotes By Sylvia Plath: I felt my lungs inflate with the onrush

I felt my lungs inflate with the onrush of scenery - air, mountains, trees, people. I thought, This is what it is to be happy. — Sylvia Plath

Plath's Quotes By Sylvia Plath: I self-paralyze myself & wonder what I've got

I self-paralyze myself & wonder what I've got in my head. — Sylvia Plath

Plath's Quotes By Sylvia Plath: I think writers are the most narcissistic people.

I think writers are the most narcissistic people. Well, I musn't say this, I like many of them, a great many of my friends are writers. — Sylvia Plath

Plath's Quotes By Sylvia Plath: She. Silent, fawn-eyed. Clever.

She. Silent, fawn-eyed. Clever. — Sylvia Plath

Plath's Quotes By Sylvia Plath: TB is like living with a bomb in

TB is like living with a bomb in your lungs. You just lie around very quietly hoping it won't go off — Sylvia Plath

Plath's Quotes By Lauren Groff: WIDOW. The word consumes itself, said Sylvia Plath,

WIDOW. The word consumes itself, said Sylvia Plath, who consumed herself. — Lauren Groff

Plath's Quotes By Sylvia Plath: The thought that I might kill myself formed

The thought that I might kill myself formed in my mind coolly as a tree or a flower. — Sylvia Plath

Plath's Quotes By Sylvia Plath: There ought, I thought, to be a ritual

There ought, I thought, to be a ritual for being born twice - patched, retreaded and approved for the road. — Sylvia Plath

Plath's Quotes By Sylvia Plath: Perhaps when we find ourselves wanting everything, it

Perhaps when we find ourselves wanting everything, it is because we are dangerously close to wanting nothing. — Sylvia Plath

Plath's Quotes By Sylvia Plath: For me, poetry is an evasion of the

For me, poetry is an evasion of the real job of writing prose. — Sylvia Plath

Plath's Quotes By Sylvia Plath: O myHomunculus, I am ill.I have taken a

O my
Homunculus, I am ill.
I have taken a pill to kill
The thin
Papery feeling.
From the poem "Cut", 24 October 1962 — Sylvia Plath

Plath's Quotes By Sylvia Plath: I simply cannot see where there is to

I simply cannot see where there is to get to. — Sylvia Plath

Plath's Quotes By Sylvia Plath: Jealousy can open the blood, it can make

Jealousy can open the blood, it can make black roses. — Sylvia Plath

Plath's Quotes By Sylvia Plath: So much working, reading, thinking, living to do!

So much working, reading, thinking, living to do! A lifetime is not long enough. — Sylvia Plath

Plath's Quotes By Sylvia Plath: I felt myself melting into the shadows like

I felt myself melting into the shadows like the negative of a person I'd never seen before in my life. — Sylvia Plath

Plath's Quotes By Sylvia Plath: Nigger-eyeBerries cast darkHooks --Black sweet blood mouthfuls,Shadows.

Nigger-eye
Berries cast dark
Hooks --

Black sweet blood mouthfuls,
Shadows. — Sylvia Plath

Plath's Quotes By Sylvia Plath: What did my arms do before they held

What did my arms do before they held you? — Sylvia Plath

Plath's Quotes By Sylvia Plath: I can only hazard. In the back of

I can only hazard. In the back of my mind there are bombs falling, women and children screaming, but I can't describe it now. — Sylvia Plath

Plath's Quotes By Sylvia Plath: It was only after seeing Irwin's study that

It was only after seeing Irwin's study that I decided to seduce him. — Sylvia Plath

Plath's Quotes By Sylvia Plath: I'm never going to get married.""You're crazy." Buddy

I'm never going to get married."
"You're crazy." Buddy brightened. "You'll change your mind."
"No. My mind's made up. — Sylvia Plath

Plath's Quotes By Sylvia Plath: So I perversely circle the late stars, drowsier

So I perversely circle the late stars, drowsier and drowsier, sleepily longing for something. — Sylvia Plath

Plath's Quotes By Sylvia Plath: If there's anything I look down on, it's

If there's anything I look down on, it's a man in a blue outfit. — Sylvia Plath

Plath's Quotes By Sylvia Plath: The big men are all deaf; they don't

The big men are all deaf; they don't want to hear the little squeaking as they walk across the street on cleated boots. — Sylvia Plath

Plath's Quotes By Sylvia Plath: I lean to you, numb as a fossil.

I lean to you, numb as a fossil. Tell me I'm here. — Sylvia Plath

Plath's Quotes By Sylvia Plath: It never occurred to me to say no.

It never occurred to me to say no. — Sylvia Plath

Plath's Quotes By Sylvia Plath: Please don't expect me to always be good

Please don't expect me to always be good and kind and loving. There are times when I will be cold and thoughtless and hard to understand. — Sylvia Plath

Plath's Quotes By Sylvia Plath: The frost makes a flower, the dew makes

The frost makes a flower,
the dew makes a star. — Sylvia Plath

Plath's Quotes By Sylvia Plath: Over coffee and orange juice the embryonic suicide

Over coffee and orange juice the embryonic suicide brightens visibly. — Sylvia Plath