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Sylvia Plath's Poetry Quotes By Alyson Noel: If you insist on the chase," I say,

If you insist on the chase," I say, my voice much surer than I feel."Then you better start training. 'Cause, dude you're in for a marathon. — Alyson Noel

Sylvia Plath's Poetry Quotes By Sylvia Plath: Stasis in darkness.Then the substanceless blue

Stasis in darkness.
Then the substanceless blue — Sylvia Plath

Sylvia Plath's Poetry Quotes By Sylvia Plath: All night your moth-breathFlickers among the flat pink

All night your moth-breath
Flickers among the flat pink roses. I wake to listen.
A far sea moves in my ear. — Sylvia Plath

Sylvia Plath's Poetry Quotes By Jill Soloway: 'Six Feet Under,' for me, was college. Alan

'Six Feet Under,' for me, was college. Alan Ball and Alan Poul ran that show and really taught me what it meant to really run a show in a classic way. — Jill Soloway

Sylvia Plath's Poetry Quotes By Sylvia Plath: As a poet I would say everything should

As a poet I would say everything should be able to come into a poem but I can't put toothbrushes in a poem. I really can't. — Sylvia Plath

Sylvia Plath's Poetry Quotes By Sylvia Plath: Empty, I echo to the least footfall

Empty, I echo to the least footfall — Sylvia Plath

Sylvia Plath's Poetry Quotes By Sylvia Plath: Brave love, dreamnot of staunching such strict flame,

Brave love, dream
not of staunching such strict flame, but come,
lean to my wound; burn on, burn on. — Sylvia Plath

Sylvia Plath's Poetry Quotes By Sylvia Plath: Poetry, I feel, is a tyrannical discipline. You've

Poetry, I feel, is a tyrannical discipline. You've got to go so far so fast in such a small space; you've got to burn away all the peripherals. — Sylvia Plath

Sylvia Plath's Poetry Quotes By Diego Rivera: Never before had a woman put such agonizing

Never before had a woman put such agonizing poetry on canvas as Frida did — Diego Rivera

Sylvia Plath's Poetry Quotes By Matthew B. Wolcott: The Murder is always ready.

The Murder is always ready. — Matthew B. Wolcott

Sylvia Plath's Poetry Quotes By Sylvia Plath: But writing poems and letters doesn't seem to

But writing poems and letters doesn't seem to do much good. — Sylvia Plath

Sylvia Plath's Poetry Quotes By Sylvia Plath: Clouds pass and disperse.Are those the faces of

Clouds pass and disperse.
Are those the faces of love, those pale irretrievables?
Is it for such I agitate my heart? — Sylvia Plath

Sylvia Plath's Poetry Quotes By Sylvia Plath: The tongues of hell are dull.

The tongues of hell are dull. — Sylvia Plath

Sylvia Plath's Poetry Quotes By Sylvia Plath: The still watersWrap my lips,Eyes, nose and ears,A

The still waters
Wrap my lips,
Eyes, nose and ears,
A clear
Cellophane I cannot crack. — Sylvia Plath

Sylvia Plath's Poetry Quotes By Luigi Pirandello: If only we could see in advance all

If only we could see in advance all the harm that can come from the good we think we are doing. — Luigi Pirandello

Sylvia Plath's Poetry Quotes By Avijeet Das: We have conversations with each other most nights

We have conversations with each other most nights - Sylvia Plath and me! — Avijeet Das

Sylvia Plath's Poetry Quotes By Sylvia Plath: Poetry at its best can do you a

Poetry at its best can do you a lot of harm. — Sylvia Plath

Sylvia Plath's Poetry Quotes By Lord Chesterfield: The manner of a vulgar man has freedom

The manner of a vulgar man has freedom without ease, and the manner of a gentleman has ease without freedom. — Lord Chesterfield

Sylvia Plath's Poetry Quotes By James Baldwin: Artists are the only people in a society

Artists are the only people in a society who will tell that society the truth about itself. — James Baldwin

Sylvia Plath's Poetry Quotes By Sylvia Plath: Stars open among the lilies.Are you not blinded

Stars open among the lilies.
Are you not blinded by such expressionless sirens?
This is the silence of astounded souls. — Sylvia Plath

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

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

Sylvia Plath's Poetry Quotes By Sylvia Plath: I am solitary as grass. What is it

I am solitary as grass. What is it I miss?
Shall I ever find it, whatever it is? — Sylvia Plath

Sylvia Plath's Poetry Quotes By Sylvia Plath: I shut my eyes and all the world

I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead;
I lift my eyes and all is born again. — Sylvia Plath

Sylvia Plath's Poetry Quotes By Sylvia Plath: The blood jet is poetry and there is

The blood jet is poetry and there is no stopping it. — Sylvia Plath

Sylvia Plath's Poetry 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

Sylvia Plath's Poetry Quotes By David Joy: Some souls aren't worth saving, I thought. There're

Some souls aren't worth saving, I thought. There're some souls that even the devil wants no part of. — David Joy

Sylvia Plath's Poetry Quotes By Sylvia Plath: The blood jet is poetryThere is no stopping

The blood jet is poetry
There is no stopping it. — Sylvia Plath

Sylvia Plath's Poetry Quotes By Elle Kennedy: But no. No. He may have boarded this

But no. No. He may have boarded this bad idea train, but now it was time to derail it. — Elle Kennedy

Sylvia Plath's Poetry 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's Poetry 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's Poetry 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's Poetry 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's Poetry Quotes By Anthony Ryan: Oh, I was born here. There's a village

Oh, I was born here. There's a village a few miles south of Varinshold, so small it doesn't even have a name. You'll find my kin there. — Anthony Ryan