You know what lies are for.
Sylvia Plath
Purpose Lies, Hidden Truths, Deception Reason, Honesty, Reality, Complexity
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More Sylvia Plath Quotes
“Compared with me, a tree is immortal.” Sylvia Plath
Immortality, Existence, Insignificance, Fleeting, Mortality, Solitude
Sylvia Plath Immortality, Existence, Insignificance, Fleeting, Mortality, Solitude“The truth comes to me. The truth loves me.” Sylvia Plath
Truth Arrival, Personal Revelation, Inner Peace, Honesty, Understanding, Reality
Sylvia Plath Truth Arrival, Personal Revelation, Inner Peace, Honesty, Understanding, Reality“Piece by piece, I fed my wardrobe to the night wind, and flutteringly, like a loved one’s ashes, the gray scraps were ferried off, to settle here, there, exactly where I would never know, in the dark heart of New York.” Sylvia Plath
Letting Go, Memories, Loss, Mystery, City, Fragments
Sylvia Plath Letting Go, Memories, Loss, Mystery, City, Fragments“The night sky is only a sort of carbon paper, Blueblack, with the much-poked periods of stars Letting in the light, peephole after peephole – A bonewhite light, like death, behind all things.” Sylvia Plath
Sky Darkness, Cosmic Emptiness, Starlit Void, Death’s Light, Introspective Gaze, Existential Dread
Sylvia Plath Sky Darkness, Cosmic Emptiness, Starlit Void, Death’s Light, Introspective Gaze, Existential Dread“Only the mouth-hole piped out, Importunate cricket In a quarry of silences. The people of the city heard it. They hunted the stones, taciturn and separate, The mouth-hole crying their locations. Drunk as a fetus I suck at the paps of darkness. The food tubes embrace me. Sponges kiss my lichens away. The jewelmaster drives his chisel to pry Open one stone eye. This is the after-hell: I see the light. A wind unstoppers the chamber.” Sylvia Plath
Metaphysical Expression, Existential Horror, Vocal Despair, Emotional Release, Artistic Creation, Chaotic Vision
Sylvia Plath Metaphysical Expression, Existential Horror, Vocal Despair, Emotional Release, Artistic Creation, Chaotic Vision“Miracles occur, If you dare to call those spasmodic Tricks of radiance miracles. The wait’s begun again, The long wait for the angel, For that rare, random descent.” Sylvia Plath
Miracles, Waiting, Transcendence, Fate, Uncertainty, Hope
Sylvia Plath Miracles, Waiting, Transcendence, Fate, Uncertainty, Hope“The silence depressed me. It wasn’t the silence of silence. It was my own silence.” Sylvia Plath
Inner Silence, Depressed Mind, Reflective Isolation, Silence, Mind, Isolation
Sylvia Plath Inner Silence, Depressed Mind, Reflective Isolation, Silence, Mind, Isolation“I want to live and feel all the shades, tones, and variations of mental and physical experience possible in my life. And I am horribly limited.” Sylvia Plath
Life Exploration, Limited Experiences, Mental Shades, Life, Experience, Shades
Sylvia Plath Life Exploration, Limited Experiences, Mental Shades, Life, Experience, Shades“We must be moving, working, making dreams to run toward; the poverty of life without dreams is too horrible to imagine.” Sylvia Plath
Dreams Matter, Life Purpose, Poverty Mindset, Goals, Action, Motivation
Sylvia Plath Dreams Matter, Life Purpose, Poverty Mindset, Goals, Action, Motivation“Can you understand? Someone, somewhere, can you understand me a little, love me a little? For all my despair, for all my ideals, for all that—I love life. But it is hard, and I have so much—so very much to learn.” Sylvia Plath
Understanding, Love, Despair, Growth, Isolation, Challenge
Sylvia Plath Understanding, Love, Despair, Growth, Isolation, Challenge“Every day is precious and I feel infinitely sad at this time melting away from me.” Sylvia Plath
Time Slips, Fleeting Moments, Deep Sadness, Life Passage, Precious Moments, Emotional Loss
Sylvia Plath Time Slips, Fleeting Moments, Deep Sadness, Life Passage, Precious Moments, Emotional Loss“You fool – you are afraid of being alone with you own mind. You just better learn to know yourself, to make sure decisions before it is too late. Your room is not your prison. You are.” Sylvia Plath
Fear, Self-discovery, Solitude, Empowerment, Introspection, Courage
Sylvia Plath Fear, Self-discovery, Solitude, Empowerment, Introspection, Courage“The hardest thing is to live richly in the present without letting it be tainted out of fear for the future or regret for the past.” Sylvia Plath
Present Moment, Fear Of Future, Regret Of Past, Self-awareness, Fleeting Moments, Inner Peace
Sylvia Plath Present Moment, Fear Of Future, Regret Of Past, Self-awareness, Fleeting Moments, Inner Peace“Tonight was awful. It was the combination of everything. Of the play “Goodbye My Fancy,” of wanting, in a juvenile way, to be, like the heroine, a reporter in the trenches, to be loved by a man who admired me, who understood me as much as I understood myself.” Sylvia Plath
Awful Night, Heroine Dreams, Emotional Desire, Night, Reporter, Trenches
Sylvia Plath Awful Night, Heroine Dreams, Emotional Desire, Night, Reporter, Trenches“Once one has seen God, what is the remedy?” Sylvia Plath
Faith, Loss, Existential, Understanding, Religion, Hopelessness
Sylvia Plath Faith, Loss, Existential, Understanding, Religion, Hopelessness“A stiff breeze lifted the hair from my head. At my feet, the city doused its lights in sleep, its buildings blackened, as if for a funeral.” Sylvia Plath
Transition, Darkness, Urban Isolation, Reflection, Contrast, Finality
Sylvia Plath Transition, Darkness, Urban Isolation, Reflection, Contrast, Finality“Freedom is not of use to those who do not know how to employ it.” Sylvia Plath
Freedom, Responsibility, Self-awareness, Opportunity, Potential, Action
Sylvia Plath Freedom, Responsibility, Self-awareness, Opportunity, Potential, Action“I may never be happy, but tonight I am content.” Sylvia Plath
Contentment, Fleeting Happiness, Emotional State, Self-acceptance, Simplicity, Present Moment
Sylvia Plath Contentment, Fleeting Happiness, Emotional State, Self-acceptance, Simplicity, Present Moment