My childhood landscape was not land but the end of the land - the cold, salt, running hills of the Atlantic. I sometimes think my vision of the sea is the clearest thing I own. Sylvia Plath atlanticchildhoodclear Change image and share on social
One should be able to control and manipulate experiences with an informed and intelligent mind. Sylvia Plath controlexperienceinform Change image and share on social
I love people. Everybody. I love them, I think, as a stamp collector loves his collection. Every story, every incident, every bit of conversation is raw material for me. Sylvia Plath bitecollectioncollector Change image and share on social
How frail the human heart must be - a mirrored pool of thought. Sylvia Plath frailhearthuman Change image and share on social
I remember that as I was writing a poem on 'Snow' when I was eight, I said aloud, 'I wish I could have the ability to write down the feelings I have now when I am little, because when I grow up, I will know how to write, but I will have forgotten what being little feels like.' Sylvia Plath abilityaloudfeeling share on social
I think the sea swallowed dozens of tea sets - tossed in abandon off liners or consigned to the tide by jilted brides. I collected a shiver of china bits, with borders of larkspur and birds or braids of daisies. No two patterns ever matched. Sylvia Plath abandonbirdbit share on social
I have felt great advances in my poetry, the main one being a growing victory over word nuances and a superfluity of adjectives. Sylvia Plath adjectiveadvancefelt Change image and share on social
My mother's face floated to mind, a pale, reproachful moon, at her last and first visit to the asylum since my twentieth birthday. A daughter in an asylum! I had done that to her. Still, she had obviously decided to forgive me. Sylvia Plath asylumbirthdaydaughter share on social
Perfection is terrible; it cannot have children. Sylvia Plath childperfectionterrible Change image and share on social
Indecision and reveries are the anesthetics of constructive action. Sylvia Plath actionanestheticconstructive Change image and share on social
