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Sylvia Plath Quotes about Silence

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Sometimes I feel like I'm not solid. I'm hollow. There's nothing behind my eyes. I'm a negative of a person. All I want is blackness, blackness and silence.

Sometimes I feel like I'm not solid. I'm hollow. There's nothing behind my eyes. I'm a negative of a person. All I want is blackness, blackness and silence.

Eye, Silence, Negative

The silence depressed me. It wasn't the silence of silence. It was my own silence.

Depression, Silence, Feminism

Sylvia Plath (2016). “The Bell Jar”, p.12, Hamilton Books

All I want is blackness. Blackness and silence.

Silence, Want, Blackness

Worse even than your maddening song, your silence.

Song, Silence

Sylvia Plath (2011). “The Colossus: and Other Poems”, p.29, Vintage

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

Stars open among the lilies. Are you not blinded by such expressionless sirens? This is the silence of astounded souls.

Stars, Silence, Soul

Sylvia Plath (2015). “Collected Poems”, p.160, Faber & Faber

The silence drew off, baring the pebbles and shells and all the tatty wreckage of my life.

Silence, Shells, Pebbles

Sylvia Plath (2016). “The Bell Jar”, p.86, Hamilton Books

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