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The Bell Jar Quotes With Page Numbers. “I was supposed to be having the time of my life.”. ~Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar, Esther Greenwood, Chapter 1, Page 2. “I guess I should have been excited the way most of the other girls were, but I couldn’t get myself to react.
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- Sylvia Plath, Frances Monson McCullough, Lois Ames
- 1963
- “I saw my life branching out before me like the green fig tree in the story. From the tip of every branch, like a fat purple fig, a wonderful future beckoned and winked.
- “I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart. I am, I am, I am.” ― Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar.
- “If you expect nothing from somebody you are never disappointed.” ― Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar.
- “I felt my lungs inflate with the onrush of scenery—air, mountains, trees, people. I thought, "This is what it is to be happy.” ― Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar.
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