Sylvia Plath

Quotes by Sylvia Plath

I can never read all the books I want; I can never be all the people I want and live all the lives I want. I can never train myself in all the skills I want. And why do I want? 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

Dying is an art, like everything else. I do it exceptionally well. I do it so it feels like hell. I do it so it feels real. I guess you could say I've a call.

Sylvia Plath

If you expect nothing from somebody you are never disappointed.

Sylvia Plath

Kiss me, and you will see how important I am.

Sylvia Plath

Perhaps when we find ourselves wanting everything, it is because we are dangerously close to wanting nothing.

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let me live, love, and say it well in good sentences

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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.

Sylvia Plath

Is there no way out of the mind?

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I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead; I lift my eyes and all is born again.

Sylvia Plath