Sylvia Plath Quotes

There must be quite a few things that a hot bath won't cure, but I don't know many of them.

bath

Is there no way out of the mind?

mind

Widow.  The word consumes itself.

widow

I love my rejection slips. They show me I try.

failure

I took a deep breath and listened to the old bray of my heart. I am. I am. I am.

the self

Hurl yourself at goals above your head and bear the lacerations that come when you slip and make a fool of yourself.

goals

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

present moment

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.

loneliness companionship

The constant struggle in mature life, I think, is to accept the necessity of tragedy and conflict, and not to try to escape to some falsely simple solution which does not include these more somber complexities.

struggle