I am terrified by this dark thing that sleeps in me.
SYLVIA PLATHCompared with me, a tree is immortal.
More Sylvia Plath Quotes
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I want to write because I have the urge to excel in one medium of translation and expression of life.
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I don’t care about anyone, and the feeling is quite obviously mutual.
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What I fear most, I think, is the death of the imagination.
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I must get my soul back from you; I am killing my flesh without it.
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Kiss me, and you will see how important I am.
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I want to live and feel all the shades, tones and variations of mental and physical experience possible in life.
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I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart. I am, I am, I am.
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She stared at her reflection in the glossed shop windows as if to make sure, moment by moment, that she continued to exist.
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I knew you’d decide to be all right again.
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I felt overstuffed and dull and disappointed, the way I always do the day after Christmas.
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I’m sarcastic, skeptical, and sometimes callous because I’m still afraid, deep down, of letting myself be hurt.
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My mother said the cure for thinking too much about yourself was helping somebody who was worse off than you.
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I find myself absolutely fulfilled when I have written a poem.
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Wear your heart on your skin in this life.
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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.
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