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

Jay Cee's ugly as sin. — Sylvia Plath

Sylvia Plath 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

Sylvia Plath 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

Sylvia Plath 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

Sylvia Plath 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

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

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

Sylvia Plath 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

Sylvia Plath 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

Sylvia Plath Quotes By Sylvia Plath: I needed experience. How Could I write about

I needed experience. How Could I write about life when I'd never had a love affair or a baby or even seen anybody die? — Sylvia Plath

Sylvia Plath Quotes By Sylvia Plath: We shall board our imagined ship and wildly

We shall board our imagined ship and wildly sail among sacred islands of the mad till death shatters the fabulous stars and makes us real. — Sylvia Plath

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

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

Sylvia Plath Quotes By Sylvia Plath: Masks are the order of the day -

Masks are the order of the day - and the least I can do is cultivate the illusion that I am gay, serene, not hollow and afraid. — Sylvia Plath

Sylvia Plath 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

Sylvia Plath 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

Sylvia Plath Quotes By Sylvia Plath: My mother took care never to tell me

My mother took care never to tell me to do anything. She would only reason with me sweetly, like one intelligent, mature person with another. — Sylvia Plath

Sylvia Plath 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

Sylvia Plath 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

Sylvia Plath 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

Sylvia Plath 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

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

Mother of otherness,
Eat me. — Sylvia Plath

Sylvia Plath 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

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

The abstract kills, the concrete saves. — Sylvia Plath

Sylvia Plath 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sylvia Plath 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

Sylvia Plath 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

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

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

Sylvia Plath Quotes By Sylvia Plath: My heartbeat boomed like a dull motor in

My heartbeat boomed like a dull motor in my ears. I am I am I am. — Sylvia Plath

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

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

Sylvia Plath Quotes By Sylvia Plath: Why is crying so pleasurable? I feel clean,

Why is crying so pleasurable? I feel clean, absolutely purged after it. As if I had a grief to get over with, some deep sorrow. — Sylvia Plath

Sylvia Plath Quotes By Sylvia Plath: God, let me think clearly and brightly; let

God, let me think clearly and brightly; let me live, love, and say it well in good sentences, let me someday see who I am. — Sylvia Plath

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

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

Sylvia Plath 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

Sylvia Plath 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

Sylvia Plath 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

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

Is anyone anywhere happy? — Sylvia Plath

Sylvia Plath 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

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

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

Sylvia Plath 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

Sylvia Plath 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

Sylvia Plath 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

Sylvia Plath 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

Sylvia Plath 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

Sylvia Plath 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

Sylvia Plath 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

Sylvia Plath 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

Sylvia Plath 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

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

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

Sylvia Plath Quotes By Sylvia Plath: Love, love,I have hung our cave with roses.

Love, love,
I have hung our cave with roses. — Sylvia Plath

Sylvia Plath Quotes By Sylvia Plath: Winter is for women The woman still at

Winter is for women The woman still at her knitting, At the cradle of Spanish walnut, Her body a bulb in the cold and too dumb to think. — Sylvia Plath

Sylvia Plath Quotes By Sylvia Plath: What love did then, love does now: Gnaws

What love did then, love does now:
Gnaws me through. — Sylvia Plath

Sylvia Plath Quotes By Sylvia Plath: I must not be selfless: develop a sense

I must not be selfless: develop a sense of self. A solidness that can't be attacked. — Sylvia Plath

Sylvia Plath Quotes By Sylvia Plath: Doing all the little tricky things it takes

Doing all the little tricky things it takes to grow up, step by step, into an anxious and unsettling world. — Sylvia Plath

Sylvia Plath Quotes By Sylvia Plath: We must be moving, working, making dreams to

We must be moving, working, making dreams to run toward; the poverty of life without dreams is too horrible to imagine. — Sylvia Plath

Sylvia Plath Quotes By Sylvia Plath: Not easy to state the change you made.If

Not easy to state the change you made.
If I'm alive now, I was dead,
Though, like a stone, unbothered by it. — Sylvia Plath

Sylvia Plath 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

Sylvia Plath 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

Sylvia Plath Quotes By Sylvia Plath: What horrifies me most is the idea of

What horrifies me most is the idea of being useless: well-educated, brilliantly promising, and fading out into an indifferent middle age. — Sylvia Plath

Sylvia Plath Quotes By Sylvia Plath: I know pretty much what I like and

I know pretty much what I like and dislike; but please, don't ask me who I am. — Sylvia Plath

Sylvia Plath 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

Sylvia Plath Quotes By Sylvia Plath: I need someone real, who will be right

I need someone real, who will be right for me now, here, and soon. Until then I'm lost. I think I am mad at times. — Sylvia Plath

Sylvia Plath Quotes By Sylvia Plath: The silence drew off, baring the pebbles and

The silence drew off, baring the pebbles and shells and all the tatty wreckage of my life. — Sylvia Plath

Sylvia Plath Quotes By Sylvia Plath: For the few little successes I may seem

For the few little successes I may seem to have, there are acres of misgivings and self-doubt. — Sylvia Plath

Sylvia Plath 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

Sylvia Plath 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

Sylvia Plath 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

Sylvia Plath 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

Sylvia Plath 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

Sylvia Plath 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

Sylvia Plath 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

Sylvia Plath 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

Sylvia Plath 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

Sylvia Plath 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

Sylvia Plath 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

Sylvia Plath 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

Sylvia Plath 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

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

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

Sylvia Plath 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

Sylvia Plath 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

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

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

Sylvia Plath 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

Sylvia Plath 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

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

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

Sylvia Plath 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

Sylvia Plath 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

Sylvia Plath 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

Sylvia Plath 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

Sylvia Plath 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Slowly, slowly, catch the monkey. — Sylvia Plath

Sylvia Plath 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

Sylvia Plath 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

Sylvia Plath 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

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

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

Sylvia Plath 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

Sylvia Plath 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