“What I fear most, I think, is the death of the imagination.”
Sylvia Plath (1932–1963) American poet, novelist and short story writer
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Verified author @M.attie, member from March 18, 2022“I write only because
There is a voice within me
That will not be still”
Sylvia Plath (1932–1963) American poet, novelist and short story writer
Source: Letters Home
Sylvia Plath (1932–1963) American poet, novelist and short story writer
Source: The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
“If I didn’t think, I’d be much happier.”
Sylvia Plath (1932–1963) American poet, novelist and short story writer
Sylvia Plath (1932–1963) American poet, novelist and short story writer
Source: The Journals of Sylvia Plath
“I may never be happy, but tonight I am content.”
Sylvia Plath (1932–1963) American poet, novelist and short story writer
Source: The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
“The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.”
Sylvia Plath (1932–1963) American poet, novelist and short story writer
Source: The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
“It is awful to want to go away and to want to go nowhere.”
Sylvia Plath (1932–1963) American poet, novelist and short story writer
Source: The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
Sylvia Plath book The Bell Jar
Variant: The trouble was, I had been inadequate all along, I simply hadn't thought about it.
Source: The Bell Jar
“We should meet in another life, we should meet in air, me and you.”
Sylvia Plath (1932–1963) American poet, novelist and short story writer
“How many different deaths I can die?”
Sylvia Plath (1932–1963) American poet, novelist and short story writer
Source: The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
“Out of the ash
I rise with my red hair
and I eat men like air.”
Sylvia Plath (1932–1963) American poet, novelist and short story writer
"Lady Lazarus"
Ariel (1965)
Variant: p>Herr God, Herr Lucifer,
Beware.
Beware.Out of the ash
I rise with my red hair
And I eat men like air.</p
Source: Ariel: The Restored Edition
“Worse even
than your maddening
song, your silence." -”
Sylvia Plath (1932–1963) American poet, novelist and short story writer
Source: The Collected Poems
“Everything people did seemed so silly, because they only died in the end.”
Sylvia Plath book The Bell Jar
Source: The Bell Jar
“What have I eaten? Lies and smiles.”
Sylvia Plath (1932–1963) American poet, novelist and short story writer
“I know pretty much what I like and dislike; but please, don't ask me who I am.”
Sylvia Plath (1932–1963) American poet, novelist and short story writer
Source: The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
“I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead;
I lift my lids and all is born again.”
Sylvia Plath book The Bell Jar
"Mad Girl's Love Song" http://www.angelfire.com/tn/plath/madgirl.html (1953) from Collected Poems (1981) <br class="br">Variant: I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead; I lift my eyes and all is born again. <br class="br">Source: The Bell Jar
“I have taken a pill to kill
The thin
Papery feeling.”
Sylvia Plath (1932–1963) American poet, novelist and short story writer
Source: Ariel: The Restored Edition