I am accused. I dream of massacres. I am a garden of black and red agonies. I drink them, Hating myself, hating and fearing. And now the world conceives Its end and runs toward it, arms held out in love.
Sylvia Plath
Dark Dreams, Self Hate, World Endings, Agony, Fear, Hate
Sylvia Plath’s Quotes On Topics
Abstract Thinking | Focus | Twilight | Academic Pressure | Life Translation | Painful Awareness | Death’s Light | Inadequacy | Ego Reflection | Blazing Love | Personal Depth | Contrasting Experiences | Parrot | Goals | Emotional Regret | Storytelling | Painful Identity | Truthfulness | Imperfect Self | Briny Horizon | More
More Sylvia Plath Quotes
“I have a visual imagination.” Sylvia Plath
Visual Imagination, Creative Vision, Artistic Perception, Imagination, Vision, Creative
Sylvia Plath Visual Imagination, Creative Vision, Artistic Perception, Imagination, Vision, Creative“I could feel the winter shaking my bones and banging my teeth together.” Sylvia Plath
Coldness, Isolation, Discomfort, Bleakness, Vulnerability, Seasonal Change
Sylvia Plath Coldness, Isolation, Discomfort, Bleakness, Vulnerability, Seasonal Change“Out of the ash, I rise with my red hair and I eat men like air.” Sylvia Plath
Rising From Ashes, Fierce Identity, Reclaiming Power, Red Empowerment, Survival Strength, Rebirth Force
Sylvia Plath Rising From Ashes, Fierce Identity, Reclaiming Power, Red Empowerment, Survival Strength, Rebirth Force“I am I-I am powerful, but to what extent? I am I.” Sylvia Plath
Powerful Identity, Self Awareness, Inner Strength, Powerful, Identity, Self
Sylvia Plath Powerful Identity, Self Awareness, Inner Strength, Powerful, Identity, Self“I had removed my patent leather shoes after a while, for they foundered badly in the sand. It pleased me to think they would be perched there on the silver log, pointing out to sea, like a sort of soul-compass, after I was dead.” Sylvia Plath
Symbolism, Reflection, Mortality, Identity, Connection, Memory
Sylvia Plath Symbolism, Reflection, Mortality, Identity, Connection, Memory“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“I hurl my heart to halt his pace.” Sylvia Plath
Emotion, Vulnerability, Passion, Resistance, Confrontation, Struggle
Sylvia Plath Emotion, Vulnerability, Passion, Resistance, Confrontation, Struggle“The frost makes a flower, the dew makes a star.” Sylvia Plath
Frost Flower, Dew Star, Natural Beauty, Frost, Star, Dew
Sylvia Plath Frost Flower, Dew Star, Natural Beauty, Frost, Star, Dew“I can never read all the books I want; I can never be all the people I want and live all the lives I want. I can never train myself in all the skills I want. And why do I want? I want to live and feel all the shades, tones, and variations of mental and physical experience possible in my life. And I am horribly limited.” Sylvia Plath
Life Desires, Limited Dreams, Varied Experiences, Life, Dreams, Desires
Sylvia Plath Life Desires, Limited Dreams, Varied Experiences, Life, Dreams, Desires“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“Everything people did seemed so silly, because they only died in the end.” Sylvia Plath
Silly Actions, Death Reflection, Life Futility, Philosophy, Mortality, Pessimism
Sylvia Plath Silly Actions, Death Reflection, Life Futility, Philosophy, Mortality, Pessimism“I couldn’t stand the idea of a woman having to have a single pure life and a man being able to have a double life, one pure and one not.” Sylvia Plath
Gender Equality, Social Injustice, Double Standards, Gender, Equality, Standards
Sylvia Plath Gender Equality, Social Injustice, Double Standards, Gender, Equality, Standards“When you give someone your whole heart and he doesn’t want it, you cannot take it back. It’s gone forever.” Sylvia Plath
Heartbreak, Emotional Loss, Vulnerability, Rejection, Self-exploration, Personal Acceptance
Sylvia Plath Heartbreak, Emotional Loss, Vulnerability, Rejection, Self-exploration, Personal Acceptance“I felt dumb and subdued. Every time I tried to concentrate, my mind glided off, like a skater, into a large empty space, and pirouetted there, absently.” Sylvia Plath
Mental Drift, Focus Loss, Emotional Emptiness, Distraction, Introspection, Instability
Sylvia Plath Mental Drift, Focus Loss, Emotional Emptiness, Distraction, Introspection, Instability“There is something demoralizing about watching two people get more and more crazy about each other, especially when you are the only extra person in the room.” Sylvia Plath
Unrequited Feelings, Third Wheel, Emotional Isolation, Love, Isolation, Crazy
Sylvia Plath Unrequited Feelings, Third Wheel, Emotional Isolation, Love, Isolation, Crazy“My childhood landscape was not land but the end of the land - the cold, salt, running hills of the Atlantic. I sometimes think my vision of the sea is the clearest thing I own.” Sylvia Plath
Childhood Memories, Solitude, Nostalgia, Nature, Clarity, Identity
Sylvia Plath Childhood Memories, Solitude, Nostalgia, Nature, Clarity, Identity“Here I am, a bundle of past recollections and future dreams, knotted up in a reasonably attractive bundle of flesh. I remember what this flesh has gone through; I dream of what it may go through.” Sylvia Plath
Future Dreams, Past Recollections, Life Reflections, Memory, Dreams, Flesh
Sylvia Plath Future Dreams, Past Recollections, Life Reflections, Memory, Dreams, Flesh“I am solitary as grass. What is it I miss? Shall I ever find it, whatever it is?” Sylvia Plath
Solitude, Longing, Identity, Mystery, Self-exploration, Desire
Sylvia Plath Solitude, Longing, Identity, Mystery, Self-exploration, Desire“I saw the first of the 7-mile-long column appear - red and orange and green banners, 'Ban the Bomb!' etc., shining and swaying slowly. Absolute silence. I found myself weeping to see the tan, dusty marchers, knapsacks on their backs - Quakers and Catholics, Africans and whites, Algerians and French - 40 percent were London housewives.” Sylvia Plath
Marching Humanity, Peace Movement, Emotional Unity, Humanity, March, Peace
Sylvia Plath Marching Humanity, Peace Movement, Emotional Unity, Humanity, March, Peace