People or stars Regard me sadly, I disappoint them.
Sylvia Plath
Unfulfilled Expectations, Celestial Sadness, Personal Disappointments, Stars, Sadness, Disappointments
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Peaceful Existence | Protest | Haunted Nothingness | Dew Star | Helping | Creative Passion | Suffocation | Time Perception | Hourly Growth | Self-discipline | Physics | Longing Freedom | Dreamy Indecision | Poetess | Loving Life | Personal Reflection | Misrepresentation | Dead | Beautiful Annihilation | Ache | More
More Sylvia Plath Quotes
“It is a terrible thing to be so open: it is as if my heart put on a face and walked into the world.” Sylvia Plath
Vulnerability, Emotional Exposure, Personal Transparency, Authenticity, Self-expression, Openness
Sylvia Plath Vulnerability, Emotional Exposure, Personal Transparency, Authenticity, Self-expression, Openness“The silence drew off, baring the pebbles and shells and all the tatty wreckage of my life. Then, at the rim of my vision, it gathered itself, and in one sweeping tide, rushed me to sleep.” Sylvia Plath
Tidal Silence, Life’s Wreckage, Sleep Relief, Silence, Wreckage, Sleep
Sylvia Plath Tidal Silence, Life’s Wreckage, Sleep Relief, Silence, Wreckage, Sleep“I felt proud that the baby's first real adventure should be as a protest against the insanity of world annihilation. Already a certain percentage of unborn children are doomed by fallout, and no one knows the cumulative effects of what is already poisoning the air and sea.” Sylvia Plath
Baby Protest, World Annihilation, Environmental Fallout, Baby, Protest, Fallout
Sylvia Plath Baby Protest, World Annihilation, Environmental Fallout, Baby, Protest, Fallout“If neurotic is wanting two mutually exclusive things at one and the same time, then I’m neurotic as hell. I’ll be flying back and forth between one mutually exclusive thing and another for the rest of my days.” Sylvia Plath
Neurotic, Conflict, Desire, Duality, Confusion, Imbalance
Sylvia Plath Neurotic, Conflict, Desire, Duality, Confusion, Imbalance“It never occurred to me to say no.” Sylvia Plath
Lack Of Boundaries, Decision Paralysis, Emotional Vulnerability, Self-silencing, Personal Agency, Boundary Struggles
Sylvia Plath Lack Of Boundaries, Decision Paralysis, Emotional Vulnerability, Self-silencing, Personal Agency, Boundary Struggles“Is there no way out of the mind?” Sylvia Plath
Mental Traps, Inner Struggle, Thought Prison, Mind, Struggle, Prison
Sylvia Plath Mental Traps, Inner Struggle, Thought Prison, Mind, Struggle, Prison“I smile, now, thinking: we all like to think we are important enough to need psychiatrists.” Sylvia Plath
Psychiatric Importance, Emotional Humor, Reflective Smiles, Importance, Humor, Smiles
Sylvia Plath Psychiatric Importance, Emotional Humor, Reflective Smiles, Importance, Humor, Smiles“I had been alone more than I could have been had I gone by myself.” Sylvia Plath
Alone Reflection, Solitary Realization, Personal Loneliness, Alone, Myself, Solitary
Sylvia Plath Alone Reflection, Solitary Realization, Personal Loneliness, Alone, Myself, Solitary“But I wasn’t sure. I wasn’t sure at all. How did I know that someday – at college, in Europe, somewhere, anywhere – the bell jar, with its stifling distortions, wouldn’t descend again?” Sylvia Plath
Mental Struggles, Stifling Distortions, Inner Conflict, Uncertainty, Anxiety, Life
Sylvia Plath Mental Struggles, Stifling Distortions, Inner Conflict, Uncertainty, Anxiety, Life“Sometimes I feel so stupid and dull and uncreative that I am amazed when people tell me differently.” Sylvia Plath
Self Doubt, Creative Struggles, Contrasting Views, Doubt, Creative, Views
Sylvia Plath Self Doubt, Creative Struggles, Contrasting Views, Doubt, Creative, Views“I woke to the sound of rain.” Sylvia Plath
Reflection, Serenity, Nature, Stillness, Introspection, Sound
Sylvia Plath Reflection, Serenity, Nature, Stillness, Introspection, Sound“It all flowed over me with a screaming ache of pain. Remember, remember, this is now, and now, and now. Live it, feel it, cling to it. I want to become acutely aware of all I've taken for granted. When you feel that this may be the good-bye, the last time, it hits you harder.” Sylvia Plath
Painful Awareness, Present Moment, Fleeting Time, Emotional Intensity, Self-reflection, Grief
Sylvia Plath Painful Awareness, Present Moment, Fleeting Time, Emotional Intensity, Self-reflection, Grief“And I, stepping from this skin Of old bandages, boredoms, old faces Step to you from the black car of Lethe, Pure as a baby.” Sylvia Plath
Fresh Beginnings, Mythical Lethe, Innocent Transformation, Lethe, Transformation, Innocence
Sylvia Plath Fresh Beginnings, Mythical Lethe, Innocent Transformation, Lethe, Transformation, Innocence“Whose is that long white box in the grove, what have they accomplished, why am I cold.” Sylvia Plath
Life Reflection, Funeral Thoughts, Existential Questions, Death, Cold, Achievement
Sylvia Plath Life Reflection, Funeral Thoughts, Existential Questions, Death, Cold, Achievement“I have no preconceptions. Whatever I see, I swallow immediately. Just as it is, unmisted by love or dislike. I am not cruel, only truthful.” Sylvia Plath
Unbiased Perspective, Pure Truth, Honest Observation, Truth, Observation, Unbiased
Sylvia Plath Unbiased Perspective, Pure Truth, Honest Observation, Truth, Observation, Unbiased“I think the sea swallowed dozens of tea sets - tossed in abandon off liners or consigned to the tide by jilted brides. I collected a shiver of china bits, with borders of larkspur and birds or braids of daisies. No two patterns ever matched.” Sylvia Plath
Lost Treasures, China Patterns, Ocean Stories, Sea, Patterns, Stories
Sylvia Plath Lost Treasures, China Patterns, Ocean Stories, Sea, Patterns, Stories“Girl, aging girl, is haunted by own nothingness...” Sylvia Plath
Haunted Nothingness, Aging Reflection, Girl’s Struggle, Nothingness, Aging, Girl
Sylvia Plath Haunted Nothingness, Aging Reflection, Girl’s Struggle, Nothingness, Aging, Girl“The sea was our main entertainment. When company came, we set them before it on rugs, with thermoses and sandwiches and colored umbrellas, as if the water - blue, green, gray, navy or silver as it might be - were enough to watch.” Sylvia Plath
Simple Pleasures, Natural Beauty, Solitude, Reflection, Tranquility, Connection
Sylvia Plath Simple Pleasures, Natural Beauty, Solitude, Reflection, Tranquility, Connection