You are a dream; I hope I never meet you.
Sylvia Plath
Dream, Unattainable, Fear, Illusion, Loneliness, Desire
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More Sylvia Plath Quotes
“I could feel the tears brimming and sloshing in me like water in a glass that is unsteady and too full.” Sylvia Plath
Tears Brimming, Overflowing Emotions, Fragile Balance, Sadness, Grief, Vulnerability
Sylvia Plath Tears Brimming, Overflowing Emotions, Fragile Balance, Sadness, Grief, Vulnerability“God, is this all it is, the ricocheting down the corridor of laughter and tears? Of self-worship and self-loathing? Of glory and disgust?” Sylvia Plath
Life Struggles, Emotional Ricochet, Inner Conflicts, Life, Struggles, Conflicts
Sylvia Plath Life Struggles, Emotional Ricochet, Inner Conflicts, Life, Struggles, Conflicts“Perhaps when we find ourselves wanting everything, it is because we are dangerously close to wanting nothing.” Sylvia Plath
Desire, Balance, Emptiness, Yearning, Contradiction, Contentment
Sylvia Plath Desire, Balance, Emptiness, Yearning, Contradiction, Contentment“Now and then, when I grow nostalgic about my ocean childhood - the wauling of gulls and the smell of salt, somebody solicitous will bundle me into a car and drive me to the nearest briny horizon.” Sylvia Plath
Ocean Childhood, Nostalgic Memories, Briny Horizon, Nature, Reminiscence, Escape
Sylvia Plath Ocean Childhood, Nostalgic Memories, Briny Horizon, Nature, Reminiscence, Escape“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“I feel outcast on a cold star, unable to feel anything but an awful helpless numbness.” Sylvia Plath
Alienation, Hopelessness, Detachment, Isolation, Emotionless, Bleak
Sylvia Plath Alienation, Hopelessness, Detachment, Isolation, Emotionless, Bleak“I like people too much or not at all.” Sylvia Plath
Extreme Emotions, Social Struggles, Authenticity, Emotional Depth, Self-awareness, Extremes
Sylvia Plath Extreme Emotions, Social Struggles, Authenticity, Emotional Depth, Self-awareness, Extremes“Cheers for spring; for life; for a growing soul.” Sylvia Plath
Spring Renewal, Growing Soul, Life Celebration, Spring, Growth, Life
Sylvia Plath Spring Renewal, Growing Soul, Life Celebration, Spring, Growth, Life“I think that personal experience is very important, but certainly it shouldn't be a kind of shut-box and mirror-looking, narcissistic experience. I believe it should be relevant, and relevant to the larger things, the bigger things, such as Hiroshima and Dachau and so on.” Sylvia Plath
Personal Relevance, Larger Context, Reflective Experience, Experience, Context, Relevant
Sylvia Plath Personal Relevance, Larger Context, Reflective Experience, Experience, Context, Relevant“I would rather have anything wrong with my body than something wrong with my head, but the idea seemed so involved and wearisome that I didn’t say anything.” Sylvia Plath
Mental, Struggle, Body, Health, Isolation, Burden
Sylvia Plath Mental, Struggle, Body, Health, Isolation, Burden“As from a star I saw, coldly and soberly, the separateness of everything. I felt the wall of my skin; I am I. That stone is a stone. My beautiful fusion with the things of this world was over.” Sylvia Plath
Inner Realization, Physical Separateness, World Fusion, Skin, Stone, Star
Sylvia Plath Inner Realization, Physical Separateness, World Fusion, Skin, Stone, Star“I am sure there are things that can’t be cured by a good bath but I can’t think of one.” Sylvia Plath
Simple Cures, Refreshing Bath, Everyday Solutions, Bath, Cure, Simple
Sylvia Plath Simple Cures, Refreshing Bath, Everyday Solutions, Bath, Cure, Simple“It is as if my life were magically run by two electric currents: joyous positive and despairing negative – whichever is running at the moment dominates my life, floods it.” Sylvia Plath
Emotional Duality, Life Currents, Joy Despair, Emotions, Life, Joy
Sylvia Plath Emotional Duality, Life Currents, Joy Despair, Emotions, Life, Joy“I suppose if I gave myself the chance I could be an alcoholic.” Sylvia Plath
Self-destruction, Dependency, Emotional Struggle, Identity Crisis, Escape, Addiction
Sylvia Plath Self-destruction, Dependency, Emotional Struggle, Identity Crisis, Escape, Addiction“It is best to meet in a cul-de-sac, A palace of velvet With windows of mirrors. There one is safe, There are no family photographs, No rings through the nose, no cries.” Sylvia Plath
Velvet Palace, Mirror Windows, Emotional Safety, Mystery, Solitude, Reflection
Sylvia Plath Velvet Palace, Mirror Windows, Emotional Safety, Mystery, Solitude, Reflection“The box is only temporary.” Sylvia Plath
Change, Impermanence, Hope, Adaptability, Resilience, Transformation
Sylvia Plath Change, Impermanence, Hope, Adaptability, Resilience, Transformation“I am aware, sure, I am aware. Catastrophically aware.” Sylvia Plath
Consciousness, Self-awareness, Overwhelming, Introspection, Anxiety, Clarity
Sylvia Plath Consciousness, Self-awareness, Overwhelming, Introspection, Anxiety, Clarity“How can you be so many women to so many strange people, oh you strange girl?” Sylvia Plath
Identity, Roles, Multiplicity, Complexity, Self-expression, Social Expectations
Sylvia Plath Identity, Roles, Multiplicity, Complexity, Self-expression, Social Expectations