Search results
- "The woman is perfected, Her dead, Body wears the smile of accomplishment" These are the opening words of "Edge," a piece that Plath wrote a week before she killed herself.
- "I am the ghost..." "I am the those of an infamous suicide, My own blue razor rustling in my throat. O pardon the one who knocks for pardon at. Your gate, father – your hound-bitch, daughter,
- "Dying, Is an art, like anything else." These lines are from "Lady Lazarus." Lazarus is raised from the dead by Jesus. Plath died by sticking her head in an oven.
- "Eternity bores me, I never wanted it." This quote is from "Years," which was published in Ariel after the author's death.
- We must be moving, working, making dreams to run toward; the poverty of life without dreams is too horrible to imagine. Sylvia Plath. Running, Dream, Moving.
- Love life day by day, color by color, touch by touch. Sylvia Plath. Love Life, Color.
- After all, we are nothing more or less than we choose to reveal. Sylvia Plath.
- It's a hell of a responsibility to be yourself. It's much easier to be somebody else or nobody at all. Sylvia Plath. Being Yourself, Responsibility, Hell.
- “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.
- “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.
Índice. "Lady Lazarus" "Edge" "Tulips" "Lady Lazarus" One of Plath's most chilling and famous poems, "Lady Lazarus," delves into themes of death, rebirth, and identity. In this poem, Plath uses the metaphor of the biblical figure Lazarus, who was resurrected by Jesus, to explore her own experiences with death and emotional turmoil.
Aug 17, 2023 · 20 Sylvia Plath Quotes About Life. 12 Sylvia Plath Love Quotes. 12 Sylvia Plath Quotes on Writing & Poetry. 8 Sylvia Plath Quotes on Depression. 8 Sylvia Plath Quotes on Feminism. 4 Sylvia Plath Quotes on Friendship. 4 Sylvia Plath Quotes on Loneliness. 4 Sylvia Plath Quotes on Death.
Aug 15, 2020 · After battling mental illness for most of her life, Plath died by suicide in 1963. Her brilliance lives on in her writing, which remains poignant and relevant. In this collection of quotes from Sylvia Plath, you may find comfort, solace, or a new way to view life in its endless complexities.
1165 likes. Like. “I told him I believed in hell, and that certain people, like me, had to live in hell before they died, to make up for missing out on it after death, since they didn't believe in life after death, and what each person believed happened to him when he died.”. ― Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar.
