For me, poetry is an evasion of the real job of writing prose.
Sylvia Plath
Creative Escape, Writing Identity, Genre Exploration, Personal Growth, Reflection, Expression
Sylvia Plath’s Quotes On Topics
Pessimism | Wreckage | Search | Existential Query | Religious Skepticism | Seasonal Peace | Fleeting Happiness | Imagery | Love Inside | Simple | Standards | Earn | Inspiration | Growing Up | Optical Nerves | Emotional Giving | Hidden | Stars | Shared Pain | Peaceful Moments | More
More Sylvia Plath Quotes
“A fierce brief fusion which dreamers call real, and realists, an illusion; an insight like the flight of birds...” Sylvia Plath
Passion, Intensity, Perspective, Reality, Fleeting Moments, Imagination
Sylvia Plath Passion, Intensity, Perspective, Reality, Fleeting Moments, Imagination“When they asked me what I wanted to be I said I didn’t know.” Sylvia Plath
Self-discovery, Uncertainty, Confusion, Identity, Aspirations, Indecision
Sylvia Plath Self-discovery, Uncertainty, Confusion, Identity, Aspirations, Indecision“To look at her, you might not guess that inside she is laughing and crying, at her own stupidities and luckiness, and at the strange enigmatic ways of the world which she will spend lifetime trying to learn and understand.” Sylvia Plath
Confusion, Duality, Emotional, Complexity, Introspection, Insight
Sylvia Plath Confusion, Duality, Emotional, Complexity, Introspection, Insight“When you are insane, you are busy being insane - all the time.” Sylvia Plath
Constant Insanity, Mental Turmoil, Persistent Madness, Insanity, Madness, Turmoil
Sylvia Plath Constant Insanity, Mental Turmoil, Persistent Madness, Insanity, Madness, Turmoil“Why the hell are we conditioned into the smooth strawberry-and-cream Mother-Goose-world, Alice-in-Wonderland fable, only to be broken on the wheel as we grow older and become aware of ourselves as individuals with a dull responsibility in life?” Sylvia Plath
Conditioning, Societal Expectations, Emotional Awakening, Individuality, Disillusionment, Identity
Sylvia Plath Conditioning, Societal Expectations, Emotional Awakening, Individuality, Disillusionment, Identity“There must be quite a few things a hot bath won’t cure, but I don’t know many of them. Whenever I’m sad I’m going to die, or so nervous I can’t sleep, or in love with somebody I won’t be seeing for a week, I slump down just so far and then I say: ‘I’ll go take a hot bath.'” Sylvia Plath
Emotional Healing, Self-care Rituals, Coping Mechanisms, Routine Comfort, Stress Relief, Mental Respite
Sylvia Plath Emotional Healing, Self-care Rituals, Coping Mechanisms, Routine Comfort, Stress Relief, Mental Respite“The claw of the magnolia, drunk on its own scents, asks nothing of life.” Sylvia Plath
Beauty In Nature, Emotional Detachment, Simplicity, Acceptance, Self-awareness, Introspection
Sylvia Plath Beauty In Nature, Emotional Detachment, Simplicity, Acceptance, Self-awareness, Introspection“It was a face that needed soap and water and Christian tolerance.” Sylvia Plath
Christian Tolerance, Judgmental View, Simple Needs, Tolerance, Needs, Judgment
Sylvia Plath Christian Tolerance, Judgmental View, Simple Needs, Tolerance, Needs, Judgment“You fool – you are afraid of being alone with you own mind. You just better learn to know yourself, to make sure decisions before it is too late. Your room is not your prison. You are.” Sylvia Plath
Fear, Self-discovery, Solitude, Empowerment, Introspection, Courage
Sylvia Plath Fear, Self-discovery, Solitude, Empowerment, Introspection, Courage“Something about the frank, guileless blue eyes, the beautiful young bodies, the brief scent of the dying flowers smote me like the clean quick cut of a knife. And the blood of love welled up in my heart with a slow pain.” Sylvia Plath
Emotional Pain, Fleeting Beauty, Love Sorrow, Youthful Innocence, Painful Memories, Emotional Vulnerability
Sylvia Plath Emotional Pain, Fleeting Beauty, Love Sorrow, Youthful Innocence, Painful Memories, Emotional Vulnerability“I dream too much, work too little.” Sylvia Plath
Dream Work, Productivity Struggles, Lazy Reflection, Dream, Work, Lazy
Sylvia Plath Dream Work, Productivity Struggles, Lazy Reflection, Dream, Work, Lazy“And I sit here without identity: faceless. My head aches.” Sylvia Plath
Identity Loss, Faceless Thoughts, Emotional Void, Identity, Ache, Faceless
Sylvia Plath Identity Loss, Faceless Thoughts, Emotional Void, Identity, Ache, Faceless“Some girl a hundred years ago once lived as I do. And she is dead. I am the present, but I know I, too, will pass. The high moment, the burning flash, come and are gone, continuous quicksand. And I don’t want to die.” Sylvia Plath
Temporal Passage, Mortality, Fleeting Moments, Existence, Fleeting Joy, Emotional Struggle
Sylvia Plath Temporal Passage, Mortality, Fleeting Moments, Existence, Fleeting Joy, Emotional Struggle“Love set you going like a fat gold watch. The midwife slapped your footsoles, and your bald cry Took its place among the elements.” Sylvia Plath
Birth Moments, Cry Elements, New Beginnings, Love, Birth, Cry
Sylvia Plath Birth Moments, Cry Elements, New Beginnings, Love, Birth, Cry“It was my first big chance, but here I was, sitting back and letting it run through my fingers like so much water.” Sylvia Plath
Regret, Opportunity, Passivity, Lost Chances, Missed Moments, Self-doubt
Sylvia Plath Regret, Opportunity, Passivity, Lost Chances, Missed Moments, Self-doubt“I hadn’t, at the last moment, felt like washing off the two diagonal lines of dried blood that marked my cheeks. They seemed touching, and rather spectacular, and I thought I would carry them around with me, like the relic of a dead lover, till they wore off of their own accord.” Sylvia Plath
Grief, Emotional Trace, Memory Lingering, Personal Reminder, Symbolic Expression, Impermanence
Sylvia Plath Grief, Emotional Trace, Memory Lingering, Personal Reminder, Symbolic Expression, Impermanence“I told him I believed in hell, and that certain people, like me, had to live in hell before they died, to make up for missing out on it after death, since they didn’t believe in life after death, and what each person believed happened to him when he died.” Sylvia Plath
Existentialism, Belief, Mortality, Suffering, Duality, Reflection
Sylvia Plath Existentialism, Belief, Mortality, Suffering, Duality, Reflection“I remember that as I was writing a poem on 'Snow' when I was eight, I said aloud, 'I wish I could have the ability to write down the feelings I have now when I am little, because when I grow up, I will know how to write, but I will have forgotten what being little feels like.'” Sylvia Plath
Childhood Nostalgia, Writing Innocence, Emotional Memory, Creative Expression, Growth Contrast, Fleeting Moments
Sylvia Plath Childhood Nostalgia, Writing Innocence, Emotional Memory, Creative Expression, Growth Contrast, Fleeting Moments