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More Sylvia Plath Quotes
“She looks like a woman who has found it ridiculous to commit herself to a single emotional stance in anything, but must always ride high heavy irony.”
Sylvia Plath
Heavy Irony, Emotional Stance, Uncommitted Woman, Irony, Woman, Stance
Sylvia Plath Heavy Irony, Emotional Stance, Uncommitted Woman, Irony, Woman, Stance“I have suffered the atrocity of sunsets.” Sylvia Plath
Sunset Sorrow, Painful Beauty, Fleeting Moments, Emotional Scars, Time Loss, Vivid Imagery
Sylvia Plath Sunset Sorrow, Painful Beauty, Fleeting Moments, Emotional Scars, Time Loss, Vivid Imagery“At first I wondered why the room felt so safe. Then I realized it was because there were no windows.” Sylvia Plath
Emotional Isolation, Self-protection, Safety In Seclusion, Internal Reflection, Mental Refuge, Sensory Deprivation
Sylvia Plath Emotional Isolation, Self-protection, Safety In Seclusion, Internal Reflection, Mental Refuge, Sensory Deprivation“Masks are the order of the day – and the least I can do is cultivate the illusion that I am gay, serene, not hollow and afraid.” Sylvia Plath
Masks, Facade, Illusion, Fear, Identity, Appearance
Sylvia Plath Masks, Facade, Illusion, Fear, Identity, Appearance“A ring of gold with the sun in it? Lies. Lies and a grief.” Sylvia Plath
False Promises, Grief, Deception, Disappointment, Fleeting Beauty, Emotional Loss
Sylvia Plath False Promises, Grief, Deception, Disappointment, Fleeting Beauty, Emotional Loss“I saw the gooseflesh on my skin. I did not know what made it. I was not cold. Had a ghost passed over? No, it was the poetry.” Sylvia Plath
Gooseflesh Skin, Poetry Ghost, Mysterious Sensation, Skin, Poetry, Cold
Sylvia Plath Gooseflesh Skin, Poetry Ghost, Mysterious Sensation, Skin, Poetry, Cold“Sometimes I nursed starfish alive in jam jars of seawater and watched them grow back lost arms. On this day, this awful birthday of otherness, my rival, somebody else, I flung the starfish against a stone. Let it perish.” Sylvia Plath
Loss, Regeneration, Emotional Pain, Rejection, Struggle, Transformation
Sylvia Plath Loss, Regeneration, Emotional Pain, Rejection, Struggle, Transformation“I love life. But it is hard and I have so much, so very much to learn.” Sylvia Plath
Loving Life, Endless Learning, Emotional Strength, Life, Learn, Hard
Sylvia Plath Loving Life, Endless Learning, Emotional Strength, Life, Learn, Hard“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
Creativity, Limitation, Boundaries, Expression, Absurdity, Discipline
Sylvia Plath Creativity, Limitation, Boundaries, Expression, Absurdity, Discipline“What I want back is what I was Before the bed, before the knife, Before the brooch-pin and the salve Fixed me in this parenthesis; Horses fluent in the wind, A place, a time gone out of mind.” Sylvia Plath
Lost Time, Past Life, Wind Horses, Time, Memory, Loss
Sylvia Plath Lost Time, Past Life, Wind Horses, Time, Memory, Loss“Do we always grind through the present, doomed to throw a gold haze of fond retrospect over the past?” Sylvia Plath
Present Struggle, Nostalgic Longing, Emotional Regret, Inevitability, Reflection, Past Vs Future
Sylvia Plath Present Struggle, Nostalgic Longing, Emotional Regret, Inevitability, Reflection, Past Vs Future“You are the one. Solid the spaces lean on, envious. You are the baby in the barn.” Sylvia Plath
Certainty, Presence, Admiration, Isolation, Uniqueness, Vulnerability
Sylvia Plath Certainty, Presence, Admiration, Isolation, Uniqueness, Vulnerability“The constant struggle in mature life, I think, is to accept the necessity of tragedy and conflict, and not to try to escape to some falsely simple solution which does not include these more somber complexities.” Sylvia Plath
Mature Life, Tragedy Acceptance, Complex Struggles, Life, Struggles, Acceptance
Sylvia Plath Mature Life, Tragedy Acceptance, Complex Struggles, Life, Struggles, Acceptance“The sheets grow heavy as a lecher’s kiss.” Sylvia Plath
Heaviness, Burdens, Intimacy, Emotion, Connection, Vulnerability
Sylvia Plath Heaviness, Burdens, Intimacy, Emotion, Connection, Vulnerability“And I am aware of my heart: it opens and closes Its bowl of red blooms out of sheer love of me.” Sylvia Plath
Emotional Expression, Self-love, Vulnerability, Intimacy, Heart’s Vulnerability, Personal Growth
Sylvia Plath Emotional Expression, Self-love, Vulnerability, Intimacy, Heart’s Vulnerability, Personal Growth“With me, the present is forever, and forever is always shifting, flowing, melting. This second is life. And when it is gone it is dead. But you can't start over with each new second. You have to judge by what is dead.” Sylvia Plath
Shifting Time, Present Moment, Forever Changing, Life, Judge, Dead
Sylvia Plath Shifting Time, Present Moment, Forever Changing, Life, Judge, Dead“I wonder if art divorced from normal and conventional living is as vital as art combined with living: in a word, would marriage sap my creative energy and annihilate my desire for written and pictorial expression which increases with this depth of unsatisfied emotion... or would I achieve a fuller expression in art as well as in the creation of children?” Sylvia Plath
Art Life, Creative Marriage, Emotional Balance, Art, Life, Balance
Sylvia Plath Art Life, Creative Marriage, Emotional Balance, Art, Life, Balance“Mountains terrify me - they just sit about; they are so proud.” Sylvia Plath
Majestic Stillness, Nature Fear, Towering Pride, Mountains, Nature, Fear
Sylvia Plath Majestic Stillness, Nature Fear, Towering Pride, Mountains, Nature, Fear