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Sylvia Plath Quotes - Page 9

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A man's world is different from a woman's world and a man's emotions are different from a woman's emotions and only marriage can bring the two different sets of emotions together properly.

A man's world is different from a woman's world and a man's emotions are different from a woman's emotions and only marriage can bring the two different sets of emotions together properly.

Men, Two, Together

Sylvia Plath (2016). “The Bell Jar”, p.43, Hamilton Books

It was my first big chance, but here I was, sitting back and letting it run through my fingers like so much water.

Running, Water, Sitting

Sylvia Plath (2016). “The Bell Jar”, p.4, Hamilton Books

What I cannot forgive is dishonesty - and no matter what, or how hard, I would rather know the truth of which I today had such a clear & devastating vision from his mouth than hear foul evasions, blurrings and rattiness.

Forgiving, Vision, Mouths

Well, I know now. I know a little more how much a simple thing like a snowfall can mean to a person

Mean, Winter, Simple

Sylvia Plath (2007). “The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath”, p.31, Anchor

There is nothing like puking with somebody to make you into old friends.

Friendship, Inspiring, Funny Best Friend

Sylvia Plath (2016). “The Bell Jar”, p.24, Hamilton Books

To annihilate the world by annihilation of oneself is the deluded height of desperate egoism.

World, Height, Desperate

Sylvia Plath (2011). “The Journals of Sylvia Plath”, p.163, Faber & Faber

I want to force myself again and again to leave the warmth and security of static situations and move into the world of growth and suffering where the real books are people's minds and souls.

Real, Moving, Book

Sylvia Plath (2011). “Letters Home”, p.296, Faber & Faber

And I a smiling woman. I am only thirty. And like the cat I have nine times to die.

Cat, Nine, Thirty

Sylvia Plath (2015). “Collected Poems”, p.198, Faber & Faber

I am dead to them, even though I once flowered.

Sylvia Plath (2013). “The Journals of Sylvia Plath”, p.105, Anchor

The door of the novel, like the door of the poem, also shuts. But not so fast, nor with such manic, unanswerable finality.

Doors, Novel, Manic

Sylvia Plath (1994). “Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams”

I opened the door and blinked out into the bright hall. I had the impression it wasn't night and it wasn't day, but some lurid third interval that had suddenly slipped between them and would never end.

Night, Doors, Ends

Sylvia Plath (2016). “The Bell Jar”, p.13, Hamilton Books

The abstract kills, the concrete saves.

Abstract, Concrete

Sylvia Plath (2013). “The Journals of Sylvia Plath”, p.287, Anchor

We stayed at home to write, to consolidate our outstretched selves.

Life, Home, Writing

I must not be selfless: develop a sense of self. A solidness that can't be attacked.

Self, Selfless, Sense Of Self

Sylvia Plath (2007). “The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath”, p.446, Anchor

And the danger is that in this move toward new horizons and far directions, that I may lose what I have now, and not find anything except loneliness

Loneliness, Moving, New Horizons

Sylvia Plath (2007). “The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath”, p.147, Anchor

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.

Crazy, Two, People

Sylvia Plath (2016). “The Bell Jar”, p.11, Hamilton Books

People or stars Regard me sadly, I disappoint them.

Stars, People, Disappoint

Sylvia Plath “Poemas”, Editora Iluminuras Ltda

The silence between us was so profound I thought part of it must be my fault.

Profound, Silence, Faults

Sylvia Plath (2016). “The Bell Jar”, p.53, Hamilton Books

I talk to God but the sky is empty.

Sad, God, Faith

Sylvia Plath (2013). “Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams: and other prose writings”, p.162, Faber & Faber

If I rest, if I think inward, I go mad.

Thinking, Mad, Inward

Sylvia Plath (2013). “The Journals of Sylvia Plath”, p.17, Anchor

Pretty soon, the only doubt in my mind was the precise time and method of committing suicide. The only alternative I could see was an eternity of hell for the rest of my life in a mental hospital, and I was going to use my last ounce of free choice and choose a quick clean ending.

Suicide, Choices, Doubt

Sylvia Plath (2011). “Letters Home”, p.197, Faber & Faber

Why am I obsessed with the idea I can justify myself by getting manuscripts published? Is it an escape-an excuse for any social failure-so I can say "No, I don't go out for many extracurricular activities, but I spend a lot of time writing."

Writing, Ideas, Excuse

Sylvia Plath (2013). “The Journals of Sylvia Plath”, p.33, Anchor

I keep wanting to crawl back into the womb.

Depression, Mental Illness, Illness

Sylvia Plath (2013). “The Journals of Sylvia Plath”, p.84, Anchor

I didn’t want any flowers, I only wanted to lie with my hands turned up and be utterly empty. How free it is, you have no idea how free.

Lying, Flower, Hands

Sylvia Plath (2010). “Ariel”, p.14, Faber & Faber

I am still raw. I say I may be back. You know what lies are for. Even in your Zen heaven we shan't meet.

Lying, Heaven, May

Sylvia Plath (2010). “Ariel: The Restored Edition”, p.47, Faber & Faber

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