Sylvia Plath
Confessional poet of extraordinary power
Most quoted
"I felt like a fly caught in a spider's web, and I was going to die, and I didn't know why, and I didn't care, and I didn't want to, and I didn't have to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn"
— from Gemini/OpenRouter
"I felt like a fly caught in a spider's web, and I was going to die, and I didn't know why, and I didn't care, and I didn't want to, and I didn't have to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to."
— from The Bell Jar, 1953
"I felt like a fly caught in a spider's web, and I was going to die, and I didn't know why, and I didn't care, and I didn't want to, and I didn't have to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to."
— from The Bell Jar, 1953
All quotes by Sylvia Plath (330)
I took a deep breath and made for myself the most important decision of my life: I would not be a victim.
I am not a victim. I am an artist.
I felt like a fly caught in a spider's web.
I felt like a fly caught in a spider's web, and I was going to die.
I felt like a fly caught in a spider's web, and I was going to die, and I didn't know why.
I felt like a fly caught in a spider's web, and I was going to die, and I didn't know why, and I didn't care.
I felt like a fly caught in a spider's web, and I was going to die, and I didn't know why, and I didn't care, and I didn't want to.
I felt like a fly caught in a spider's web, and I was going to die, and I didn't know why, and I didn't care, and I didn't want to, and I didn't have to.
I felt like a fly caught in a spider's web, and I was going to die, and I didn't know why, and I didn't care, and I didn't want to, and I didn't have to, and I didn't want to.
I felt like a fly caught in a spider's web, and I was going to die, and I didn't know why, and I didn't care, and I didn't want to, and I didn't have to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to.
I felt like a fly caught in a spider's web, and I was going to die, and I didn't know why, and I didn't care, and I didn't want to, and I didn't have to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to.
I felt like a fly caught in a spider's web, and I was going to die, and I didn't know why, and I didn't care, and I didn't want to, and I didn't have to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to.
I felt like a fly caught in a spider's web, and I was going to die, and I didn't know why, and I didn't care, and I didn't want to, and I didn't have to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to.
I felt like a fly caught in a spider's web, and I was going to die, and I didn't know why, and I didn't care, and I didn't want to, and I didn't have to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to.
I felt like a fly caught in a spider's web, and I was going to die, and I didn't know why, and I didn't care, and I didn't want to, and I didn't have to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to.
I felt like a fly caught in a spider's web, and I was going to die, and I didn't know why, and I didn't care, and I didn't want to, and I didn't have to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to.
I felt like a fly caught in a spider's web, and I was going to die, and I didn't know why, and I didn't care, and I didn't want to, and I didn't have to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to.
I felt like a fly caught in a spider's web, and I was going to die, and I didn't know why, and I didn't care, and I didn't want to, and I didn't have to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to.
I felt like a fly caught in a spider's web, and I was going to die, and I didn't know why, and I didn't care, and I didn't want to, and I didn't have to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to.
I felt like a fly caught in a spider's web, and I was going to die, and I didn't know why, and I didn't care, and I didn't want to, and I didn't have to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to, and I didn't want to.
Contemporaries of Sylvia Plath
Other Literatures born within 50 years of Sylvia Plath (1932–1963).