There is something suspect, especially in America, about people who don't have ten-year plans for a career or at least a regular job. Sylvia Plath americacareerjob Change image and share on social
Didn't you know I'm going to be the greatest, most entertaining author and artist in the world? Well, don't feel badly, I didn't either! Sylvia Plath artistauthorbadly Change image and share on social
Arrogant, I think I have written lines which qualify me to be The Poetess of America (as Ted will be The Poet of England and her dominions). Sylvia Plath americaarrogantdominion Change image and share on social
I think that personal experience is very important, but certainly it shouldn't be a kind of shut-box and mirror-looking, narcissistic experience. I believe it should be relevant, and relevant to the larger things, the bigger things, such as Hiroshima and Dachau and so on. Sylvia Plath bigboxdachau share on social
Mountains terrify me - they just sit about; they are so proud. Sylvia Plath mountainproudsit Change image and share on social
The sea was our main entertainment. When company came, we set them before it on rugs, with thermoses and sandwiches and colored umbrellas, as if the water - blue, green, gray, navy or silver as it might be - were enough to watch. Sylvia Plath bluecolorecompany share on social
When I was learning to creep, my mother set me down on the beach to see what I thought of it. I crawled straight for the coming wave and was just through the wall of green when she caught my heels. Sylvia Plath beachcatchcome Change image and share on social
I felt proud that the baby's first real adventure should be as a protest against the insanity of world annihilation. Already a certain percentage of unborn children are doomed by fallout, and no one knows the cumulative effects of what is already poisoning the air and sea. Sylvia Plath adventureairannihilation share on social