Sylvia Plath Quotes about Hurt

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I'm sarcastic, skeptical, and sometimes callous because I'm still afraid, deep down, of letting myself be hurt.

I'm sarcastic, skeptical, and sometimes callous because I'm still afraid, deep down, of letting myself be hurt.

Sylvia Plath

Sarcastic, Hurt, Sometimes

There is so much hurt in this game of searching for a mate, of testing, trying. And you realize suddenly that you forgot it was a game, and turn away in tears.

Sylvia Plath

Inspirational, Hurt, Games

Sylvia Plath (2013). “The Journals of Sylvia Plath”, p.15, Anchor

Not being perfect hurts.

Sylvia Plath

Hurt, Perfect, Not Being Perfect

Sylvia Plath (2013). “The Journals of Sylvia Plath”, p.178, Anchor

How can I tell Bob that my happiness streams from having wrenched a piece out of my life, a piece of hurt and beauty, and transformed it to typewritten words on paper? How can he know I am justifying my life, my keen emotions, my feeling, by turning it into print?

Sylvia Plath

Hurt, Feelings, Pieces

Sylvia Plath (2007). “The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath”, p.22, Anchor