“It is a terrible thing To be so open: it is as if my heart Put on a face and walked into the world. ”

—Sylvia Plath, from “Three Women”

“I am jealous of those who think more deeply, who write better, who draw better, who look better, who live better, who love better than I.”

—Sylvia Plath

“I didn’t want my picture taken because I was going to cry. I didn’t know why I was going to cry, but I knew that if anybody spoke to me or looked at me too closely the tears would fly out of my eyes and the sobs would fly out of my throat and I’d cry for a week. I could feel the tears brimming and sloshing in me like water in a glass that is unsteady and too full.”

—Sylvia Plath

“How we need another soul to cling to, another body to keep us warm. To rest and trust; to give your soul in confidence: I need this, I need someone to pour myself into.”

—Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

“I waited, as if the sea could make my decision for me.”

—Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar

“I, to you, am lost in the gorgeous errors of flesh.”

—Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals

“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

“I buried my head under the darkness of the pillow and pretended it was night. I couldn’t see the point of getting up. I had nothing to look forward to.”

—Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar

“And when at last you find someone to whom you feel you can pour out your soul, you stop in shock at the words you utter— they are so rusty, so ugly, so meaningless and feeble from being kept in the small cramped dark inside you so long.” ”

—Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

“Remember, remember, this is now and now and now. Live it, feel it, cling to it. I want to become acutely aware of all I've taken for granted.”

—Sylvia Plath
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