I desire the things that will destroy me in the end.
Sylvia Plath
Self-destruction, Destructive Desires, Emotional Turmoil, Vulnerability, Passion, Recklessness
Sylvia Plath’s Quotes On Topics
College Options | Brutal Honesty | Tomorrow | Self-inflicted Pain | Bird | Pure Truth | Loss Of Self | Happiness | Rebirth Process | English Winter | Powerful Identity | Unrequited Feelings | Guarded Heart | Wreckage | Poetry Ghost | Frost | Emotional Autonomy | Reminiscence | Abandonment | Social Implications | More
More Sylvia Plath Quotes
“What did my arms do before they held you?” Sylvia Plath
Arms Emptiness, Loving Connection, Silent Question, Arms, Held, Love
Sylvia Plath Arms Emptiness, Loving Connection, Silent Question, Arms, Held, Love“There is a certain unique and strange delight about walking down an empty street alone.” Sylvia Plath
Empty Streets, Solitary Joy, Strange Delight, Street, Walking, Solitude
Sylvia Plath Empty Streets, Solitary Joy, Strange Delight, Street, Walking, Solitude“The day I went into physics class it was death.” Sylvia Plath
Existential Dread, Mortality, Death’s Grip, Finality, Emptiness, Inevitability
Sylvia Plath Existential Dread, Mortality, Death’s Grip, Finality, Emptiness, Inevitability“How we need another soul to cling to.” Sylvia Plath
Emotional Bond, Soul Connection, Human Need, Soul, Bond, Need
Sylvia Plath Emotional Bond, Soul Connection, Human Need, Soul, Bond, Need“I want, I think, to be omniscient. I think I would like to call myself “the girl who wanted to be God.” Yet if I were not in this body where would I be-perhaps I am destined to be classified and qualified. But, oh, I cry out against it.” Sylvia Plath
Omniscience, Identity, Self-awareness, Divine, Classification, Resistance
Sylvia Plath Omniscience, Identity, Self-awareness, Divine, Classification, Resistance“The moon, too, abases her subjects, but in the daytime she is ridiculous. Your dissatisfactions, on the other hand, arrive through the mailslot with loving regularity, white and blank, expansive as carbon monoxide. No day is safe from news of you, walking about in Africa maybe, but thinking of me.” Sylvia Plath
Emotional Burden, Cosmic Imagery, Dissatisfaction, Daily Struggles, Inevitability, Isolation
Sylvia Plath Emotional Burden, Cosmic Imagery, Dissatisfaction, Daily Struggles, Inevitability, Isolation“I laid my face to the smooth face of the marble and howled my loss into the cold salt rain.” Sylvia Plath
Grief, Loss, Despair, Vulnerability, Emotion, Solitude
Sylvia Plath Grief, Loss, Despair, Vulnerability, Emotion, Solitude“A small, answering point in my own body flew towards it. I felt my lungs inflate with the inrush of scenery – air, mountains, trees, people. I thought, “This is what it is to be happy.” Sylvia Plath
Lungs Inflating, Happiness Realized, Scenic Connection, Happy, Scenery, Air
Sylvia Plath Lungs Inflating, Happiness Realized, Scenic Connection, Happy, Scenery, Air“Why do we electrocute men for murdering an individual and then pin a purple heart on them for mass slaughter of someone arbitrarily labeled “enemy”?” Sylvia Plath
Moral Dilemmas, War Ethics, Justice Paradox, Morality, War, Justice
Sylvia Plath Moral Dilemmas, War Ethics, Justice Paradox, Morality, War, Justice“I have done, this year, what I said I would: overcome my fear of facing a blank page day after day, acknowledging myself, in my deepest emotions, a writer, come what may.” Sylvia Plath
Writer’s Journey, Emotional Expression, Creative Process, Personal Growth, Fear Overcome, Self-realization
Sylvia Plath Writer’s Journey, Emotional Expression, Creative Process, Personal Growth, Fear Overcome, Self-realization“Arrogant, I think I have written lines which qualify me to be The Poetess of America (as Ted will be The Poet of England and her dominions).” Sylvia Plath
Poetic Pride, Literary Achievement, Self Confidence, Poetess, Achievement, Pride
Sylvia Plath Poetic Pride, Literary Achievement, Self Confidence, Poetess, Achievement, Pride“In London the day after Christmas (Boxing Day), it began to snow: my first snow in England. For five years, I had been tactfully asking, 'Do you ever have snow at all?' as I steeled myself to the six months of wet, tepid gray that make up an English winter. 'Ooo, I do remember snow,' was the usual reply, 'when I were a lad.'” Sylvia Plath
Snow London, Boxing Day, English Winter, Nostalgia, Weather, Memory
Sylvia Plath Snow London, Boxing Day, English Winter, Nostalgia, Weather, Memory“I am flushed and warm. I think I may be enormous, I am so stupidly happy, My wellingtons Squelching and squelching through the beautiful red.” Sylvia Plath
Childlike Joy, Pure Happiness, Vibrant Imagery, Happiness, Joy, Imagery
Sylvia Plath Childlike Joy, Pure Happiness, Vibrant Imagery, Happiness, Joy, Imagery“Excellent teachers showered on to us like meteors: Biology teachers holding up human brains, English teachers inspiring us with a personal ideological fierceness about Tolstoy and Plato, Art teachers leading us through the slums of Boston, then back to the easel to hurl public school gouache with social awareness and fury.” Sylvia Plath
Excellent Teachers, Learning Inspiration, Passionate Education, Teachers, Inspiration, Education
Sylvia Plath Excellent Teachers, Learning Inspiration, Passionate Education, Teachers, Inspiration, Education“I must bridge the gap between adolescent glitter and mature glow.” Sylvia Plath
Growth, Transformation, Emotional Evolution, Self-awareness, Reflection, Identity Shift
Sylvia Plath Growth, Transformation, Emotional Evolution, Self-awareness, Reflection, Identity Shift“I had hoped, at my departure, I would feel sure and knowledgeable about everything that lay ahead – after all, I had been “analyzed.” Instead, all I could see were question marks.” Sylvia Plath
Analyzed Life, Questioned Future, Departure Doubts, Life, Future, Doubts
Sylvia Plath Analyzed Life, Questioned Future, Departure Doubts, Life, Future, Doubts“Dancing is the normal prelude to intercourse.” Sylvia Plath
Expression, Passion, Intimacy, Sensuality, Movement, Vulnerability
Sylvia Plath Expression, Passion, Intimacy, Sensuality, Movement, Vulnerability“No day is safe from news of you.” Sylvia Plath
Uncertainty, Unsettling News, Constant Anxiety, Emotional Turmoil, Fear, Unpredictability
Sylvia Plath Uncertainty, Unsettling News, Constant Anxiety, Emotional Turmoil, Fear, Unpredictability