Sylvia Plath

Literature American 1932 – 1963 330 quotes

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 am a woman, and I am a human being.

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I am a woman, and I am a person.

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I am a woman, and I am a soul.

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I am a woman, and I am a spirit.

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I am a woman, and I am a mind.

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I am a woman, and I am a body.

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I am a woman, and I am a voice.

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I am a woman, and I am a dream.

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I am a woman, and I am a nightmare.

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I am a woman, and I am a goddess.

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I am a woman, and I am a devil.

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I am a woman, and I am a saint.

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I am a woman, and I am a sinner.

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I am a woman, and I am a queen.

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I am a woman, and I am a slave.

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I am a woman, and I am a master.

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I am a woman, and I am a child.

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I am a woman, and I am an old woman.

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I am a woman, and I am a young woman.

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I am a woman, and I am a virgin.

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