Sylvia Plath Quotes about Life

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Remember, remember, this is now, and now, and now. Live it, feel it, cling to it. I want to become acutely aware of all I’ve taken for granted.

Remember, remember, this is now, and now, and now. Live it, feel it, cling to it. I want to become acutely aware of all I’ve taken for granted.

Sylvia Plath

Life, Memories, Taken

Sylvia Plath (2013). “The Journals of Sylvia Plath”, p.14, Anchor

And by the way, everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it, and the imagination to improvise. The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.

Sylvia Plath

Life, Sad, Writing

Sylvia Plath (2013). “The Journals of Sylvia Plath”, p.85, Anchor

The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.

Sylvia Plath

Inspirational, Life, Beautiful

Sylvia Plath (2007). “The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath”, p.545, Anchor

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

Life, Despair, Feminism

Sylvia Plath (2007). “The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath”, p.25, Anchor

I took a deep breath and listened to the old bray of my heart. I am. I am. I am.

Sylvia Plath

Inspirational, Life, Inspiring

I wonder why I don't go to bed and go to sleep. But then it would be tomorrow, so I decide that no matter how tired, no matter how incoherent I am, I can skip on hour more of sleep and live.

Sylvia Plath

Life, Sleep, Tired

Sylvia Plath (2007). “The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath”, p.83, Anchor

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

Sylvia Plath

Life, Home, Writing

But life is long. And it is the long run that balances the short flare of interest and passion.

Sylvia Plath

Life, Running, Passion

Sylvia Plath (2007). “The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath”, p.148, Anchor

You ask me why I spend my life writing? Do I find entertainment? Is it worthwhile? Above all, does it pay? If not, then, is there a reason?... I write only because there is a voice within me. That will not be still.

Sylvia Plath

Inspirational, Life, Beautiful

Sylvia Plath (2011). “Letters Home”, p.56, Faber & Faber