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 think that one should be able to find redemption in everything.

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I think that one should be able to find grace in everything.

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I think that one should be able to find blessings in everything.

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I think that one should be able to find miracles in everything.

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I think that one should be able to find magic in everything.

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I think that one should be able to find wonder in everything.

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I think that one should be able to find awe in everything.

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I think that one should be able to find reverence in everything.

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I think that one should be able to find gratitude in everything.

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I think that one should be able to find compassion in everything.

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I think that one should be able to find empathy in everything.

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I think that one should be able to find kindness in everything.

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I think that one should be able to find generosity in everything.

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I think that one should be able to find forgiveness in everything.

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I think that one should be able to find acceptance in everything.

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I think that one should be able to find understanding in everything.

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I think that one should be able to find knowledge in everything.

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I think that one should be able to find growth in everything.

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I think that one should be able to find evolution in everything.

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I think that one should be able to find transformation in everything.

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