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Quotes tagged as "the-bell-jar" Showing 1-30 of 55. “To the person in the bell jar, blank and stopped as a dead baby, the world itself is a bad dream.”. ― Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar. tags: sylvia-plath , ted-hughes , the-bell-jar. 2228 likes.
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Quotes from The Bell Jar. Sylvia Plath · 244 pages. Rating: (471.1K votes) Get the book. “If you expect nothing from somebody you are never disappointed.” ― Sylvia Plath, quote from The Bell Jar. Copy text. “I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart. I am, I am, I am.” ― Sylvia Plath, quote from The Bell Jar. Copy text.
Mar 16, 2020 · Sylvia Plath Quotes From The Bell Jar. I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart. I am, I am, I am. 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.
2513 quotes from 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?
The Bell Jar Quotes. If you expect nothing from somebody you are never disappointed. I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart. I am, I am, I am. I felt my lungs inflate with the onrush of scenery—air, mountains, trees, people. I thought, "This is what it is to be happy.
