I have a violence in me that is hot as death-blood.
Sylvia Plath
Inner Violence, Fiery Emotions, Intense Passion, Violence, Passion, Emotions
Sylvia Plath’s Quotes On Topics
Yearning Darkness | Emotional Despair | Melancholy | Existential Loss | Self-identity | Control | Personal Renewal | Sensuality | Sacrifices | Social Expectations | Victim | Tears Brimming | Soul Sharing | Manipulation | Death’s Light | Flatness | Simple Cures | Hopelessness | Magical Symbols | Creative Nourishment | More
More Sylvia Plath Quotes
“How frail the human heart must be — a mirrored pool of thought.” Sylvia Plath
Human Frailty, Thought Pool, Fragile Emotions, Heart, Frailty, Thought
Sylvia Plath Human Frailty, Thought Pool, Fragile Emotions, Heart, Frailty, Thought“And this is how it stiffens, my vision of that seaside childhood. My father died, we moved inland. Whereon those nine first years of my life sealed themselves off like a ship in a bottle – beautiful, inaccessible, obsolete, a fine, white flying myth.” Sylvia Plath
Childhood, Loss, Isolation, Memory, Nostalgia, Family
Sylvia Plath Childhood, Loss, Isolation, Memory, Nostalgia, Family“There I went again, building up a glamorous picture of a man who would love me passionately the minute he met me, and all out of a few prosy nothings.” Sylvia Plath
Illusion, Expectations, Fantasy, Vulnerability, Emotion, Anticipation
Sylvia Plath Illusion, Expectations, Fantasy, Vulnerability, Emotion, Anticipation“I am still raw. I say I may be back. You know what lies are for. Even in your Zen heaven we shan’t meet.” Sylvia Plath
Raw Emotion, Healing, Separation, Self-awareness, Duality, Honesty
Sylvia Plath Raw Emotion, Healing, Separation, Self-awareness, Duality, Honesty“Love is a shadow. How you lie and cry after it.” Sylvia Plath
Love Shadow, Emotional Longing, Love’s Illusion, Love, Shadow, Longing
Sylvia Plath Love Shadow, Emotional Longing, Love’s Illusion, Love, Shadow, Longing“People were made of nothing so much as dust, and I couldn’t see that doctoring all that dust was a bit better than writing poems people would remember and repeat to themselves when they were unhappy or sick and couldn’t sleep.” Sylvia Plath
Mortality, Insignificance, Emotional Expression, Writing As Refuge, Impermanence, Introspection
Sylvia Plath Mortality, Insignificance, Emotional Expression, Writing As Refuge, Impermanence, Introspection“Mother of otherness, Eat me.” Sylvia Plath
Mother Otherness, Consuming Love, Symbolic Cravings, Identity, Loss, Survival
Sylvia Plath Mother Otherness, Consuming Love, Symbolic Cravings, Identity, Loss, Survival“I deserve that, don’t I, some sort of blazing love that I can live with.” Sylvia Plath
Blazing Love, Emotional Yearning, Life Desires, Love, Yearning, Life
Sylvia Plath Blazing Love, Emotional Yearning, Life Desires, Love, Yearning, Life“Ash, ash – – You poke and stir. Flesh, bone, there is nothing there – – A cake of soap, A wedding ring, A gold filling. Herr God, Herr Lucifer Beware Beware. Out of the ash I rise with my red hair And I eat men like air.” Sylvia Plath
Destruction, Rebirth, Fire, Survival, Myth, Strength
Sylvia Plath Destruction, Rebirth, Fire, Survival, Myth, Strength“I have always been extremely fond of the definition of Death which says it is: Inaccessibility to Experience.” Sylvia Plath
Mortality, Existence, Detachment, Emotion, Transformation, Finality
Sylvia Plath Mortality, Existence, Detachment, Emotion, Transformation, Finality“I am helpless as the sea at the end of her string. I am restless. Restless and useless. I, too, create corpses.” Sylvia Plath
Helplessness, Sea, Restlessness, Decay, Creation, Despair
Sylvia Plath Helplessness, Sea, Restlessness, Decay, Creation, Despair“I need the reality of other people, work, to fulfill myself. Must never become a mere mother and housewife.” Sylvia Plath
Work Fulfillment, Personal Identity, Social Role, Work, Identity, Role
Sylvia Plath Work Fulfillment, Personal Identity, Social Role, Work, Identity, Role“I am learning how to compromise the wild dream ideals and the necessary realities without such screaming pain.” Sylvia Plath
Dream Compromise, Painful Realities, Balancing Ideals, Dreams, Reality, Pain
Sylvia Plath Dream Compromise, Painful Realities, Balancing Ideals, Dreams, Reality, Pain“Let me not be weak and tell others how bleeding I am internally; how day by day it drips, and gathers, and congeals.” Sylvia Plath
Internal Bleeding, Silent Pain, Emotional Struggle, Vulnerability, Strength, Expression
Sylvia Plath Internal Bleeding, Silent Pain, Emotional Struggle, Vulnerability, Strength, Expression“That afternoon my mother had brought me the roses. “Save them for my funeral,” I’d said.” Sylvia Plath
Loss, Memories, Mortality, Family, Grief, Farewell
Sylvia Plath Loss, Memories, Mortality, Family, Grief, Farewell“I am jealous of those who think more deeply, who write better, who draw better, who ski better, who look better, who live better, who love better than I.” Sylvia Plath
Self-doubt, Comparison, Creativity, Personal Growth, Ambition, Dissatisfaction
Sylvia Plath Self-doubt, Comparison, Creativity, Personal Growth, Ambition, Dissatisfaction“Though it’s quite clear all your beauty, all your wit, is a gift, my dear, from me.” Sylvia Plath
Personal Charm, Witty Compliment, Endearing Humor, Beauty, Wit, Gift
Sylvia Plath Personal Charm, Witty Compliment, Endearing Humor, Beauty, Wit, Gift“A million years of evolution, Eric said bitterly, and what are we? Animals.” Sylvia Plath
Evolution, Bitterness, Humanity, Existence, Struggle, Primal
Sylvia Plath Evolution, Bitterness, Humanity, Existence, Struggle, Primal