Poetry at its best can do you a lot of harm. Sylvia Plath harmlotpoetry Change image and share on social
There must be quite a few things that a hot bath won't cure, but I don't know many of them. Sylvia Plath bathcurehot Change image and share on social
It is as if my life were magically run by two electric currents: joyous positive and despairing negative - whichever is running at the moment dominates my life, floods it. Sylvia Plath currentdespairdominate Change image and share on social
Now and then, when I grow nostalgic about my ocean childhood - the wauling of gulls and the smell of salt, somebody solicitous will bundle me into a car and drive me to the nearest briny horizon. Sylvia Plath brinybundlecar Change image and share on social
I must discipline myself. I must be imaginative and create plots, knit motives, probe dialogue - rather than merely trying to record descriptions and sensations. The latter is pointless, without purpose, unless it is later to be synthesized into a story. The latter is also a rather pronounced symptom of an oversensitive and unproductive ego. Sylvia Plath createdescriptiondialogue share on social
I've begun to think like a Jew, to feel like a Jew. Sylvia Plath beginfeelhave Change image and share on social
I took a deep breath and listened to the old bray of my heart. I am. I am. I am. Sylvia Plath braybreathdeep Change image and share on social
I made a point of eating so fast I never kept the other people waiting who generally ordered only chef's salad and grapefruit juice because they were trying to reduce. Almost everybody I met in New York was trying to reduce. Sylvia Plath chefeatfast share on social