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
Believe in some beneficent force beyond your own limited self. God, god, god: where are you? I want you, need you: the belief in you and love and mankind. Sylvia Plath beliefbeneficentforce Change image and share on social
I am a writer... I am a genius of a writer; I have it in me. I am writing the best poems of my life; they will make my name. Sylvia Plath geniuslifemake Change image and share on social
I think my poems immediately come out of the sensuous and emotional experiences I have. Sylvia Plath emotionalexperienceimmediately Change image and share on social
But life is long. And it is the long run that balances the short flare of interest and passion. Sylvia Plath balanceflareinterest Change image and share on social
I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead; I lift my eyes and all is born again. Sylvia Plath beardeaddrop Change image and share on social
Today is the first of August. It is hot, steamy and wet. It is raining. I am tempted to write a poem. But I remember what it said on one rejection slip: 'After a heavy rainfall, poems titled 'Rain' pour in from across the nation.' Sylvia Plath augustheavyhot share on social
I saw the first of the 7-mile-long column appear - red and orange and green banners, 'Ban the Bomb!' etc., shining and swaying slowly. Absolute silence. I found myself weeping to see the tan, dusty marchers, knapsacks on their backs - Quakers and Catholics, Africans and whites, Algerians and French - 40 percent were London housewives. Sylvia Plath absoluteafricanalgerian share on social