Sylvia Plath — "I am a walking, talking, breathing ellipsis."

"I am a walking, talking, breathing exclamation point."

"I began to think about the nature of my own misery, and how I could get out of it."

"Perhaps when we are old and ill, in a world of our own, we may feel as if we are of no account to anyone. But we are not old, not ill, and we have the world to live in."

"I want to be a woman who is not afraid to say what she thinks. I want to be a woman who is not afraid to say what she feels. I want to be a woman who is not afraid to say what she wants."

"I am jealous of men – a dangerous and subtle envy which can corrode, I imagine, any relationship."