Perfection is terrible, it cannot have children.
Sylvia Plath
Ideals, Unattainable, Imperfection, Isolation, Creativity, Mortality
Sylvia Plath’s Quotes On Topics
Societal Constraints | Sack | Consumed Lies | Celestial Light | Mental Shades | Voice | Mountains | Domestic Sacrifices | Creative Obsession | Self-limitations | Dust Metaphor | Judgmental View | Unattainable | Poetry Ghost | Clouds | Deep Devotion | Rejection Resilience | Reminiscence | Personal Expression | Beauty In Nature | More
More Sylvia Plath Quotes
“The blood of love welled up in my heart with a slow pain.” Sylvia Plath
Love Pain, Slow Heartache, Emotional Depth, Love, Pain, Heart
Sylvia Plath Love Pain, Slow Heartache, Emotional Depth, Love, Pain, Heart“I am so hungry for a big smashing creative burgeoning burdened love.” Sylvia Plath
Yearning Love, Creative Passion, Emotional Hunger, Love, Passion, Hunger
Sylvia Plath Yearning Love, Creative Passion, Emotional Hunger, Love, Passion, Hunger“For me, poetry is an evasion of the real job of writing prose.” Sylvia Plath
Creative Escape, Writing Identity, Genre Exploration, Personal Growth, Reflection, Expression
Sylvia Plath Creative Escape, Writing Identity, Genre Exploration, Personal Growth, Reflection, Expression“Stars open among the lilies. Are you not blinded by such expressionless sirens? This is the silence of astounded souls.” Sylvia Plath
Astounded Souls, Silent Sirens, Lilies Stars, Silence, Stars, Lilies
Sylvia Plath Astounded Souls, Silent Sirens, Lilies Stars, Silence, Stars, Lilies“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, to you, am lost in the gorgeous errors of flesh.” Sylvia Plath
Gorgeous Errors, Flesh Emotions, Human Passion, Errors, Flesh, Passion
Sylvia Plath Gorgeous Errors, Flesh Emotions, Human Passion, Errors, Flesh, Passion“I began to see why woman-haters could make such fools of women. Woman-haters were like gods: invulnerable and chock full of power. They descended, and then they disappeared. You could never catch one.” Sylvia Plath
Woman Haters, Invulnerable Gods, Power Dynamics, Misogyny, Deception, Power
Sylvia Plath Woman Haters, Invulnerable Gods, Power Dynamics, Misogyny, Deception, Power“If Doctor Nolan asked me for the matches, I would say that I’d thought they were made of candy and had eaten them.” Sylvia Plath
Carelessness, Humor, Emotional Escape, Innocence, Self-deception, Vulnerability
Sylvia Plath Carelessness, Humor, Emotional Escape, Innocence, Self-deception, Vulnerability“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 Inner Violence, Fiery Emotions, Intense Passion, Violence, Passion, Emotions“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“If there’s anything I look down on, it’s a man in a blue outfit.” Sylvia Plath
Social Critique, Judgmental Perspective, Superficiality, Conformity, Power Dynamics, Emotional Distance
Sylvia Plath Social Critique, Judgmental Perspective, Superficiality, Conformity, Power Dynamics, Emotional Distance“Why can’t I try on different lives, like dresses, to see which fits best and is more becoming?” Sylvia Plath
Different Lives, Personal Exploration, Life Choices, Lives, Exploration, Choices
Sylvia Plath Different Lives, Personal Exploration, Life Choices, Lives, Exploration, Choices“Love Is a Parallax.” Sylvia Plath
Confusion, Perception, Duality, Emotion, Relationship, Perspective
Sylvia Plath Confusion, Perception, Duality, Emotion, Relationship, Perspective“You are a dream; I hope I never meet you.” Sylvia Plath
Dream, Unattainable, Fear, Illusion, Loneliness, Desire
Sylvia Plath Dream, Unattainable, Fear, Illusion, Loneliness, Desire“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“I am alone in my room, between two worlds.” Sylvia Plath
Alone Room, Between Worlds, Existential Reflection, Room, Worlds, Alone
Sylvia Plath Alone Room, Between Worlds, Existential Reflection, Room, Worlds, Alone“I was my own woman. The next step was to find the proper sort of man.” Sylvia Plath
Independent Woman, Next Step, Personal Journey, Woman, Independence, Journey
Sylvia Plath Independent Woman, Next Step, Personal Journey, Woman, Independence, Journey“I collected men with interesting names. I already knew a Socrates. He was tall and ugly and intellectual and the son of some big Greek movie producer in Hollywood, but also a Catholic, which ruined it for both of us.” Sylvia Plath
Interesting Names, Unusual Encounters, Intellectual Contrast, Names, Collect, Catholic
Sylvia Plath Interesting Names, Unusual Encounters, Intellectual Contrast, Names, Collect, Catholic