Sylvia Plath — "I wish I could kill myself."

"God, but life is loneliness, despite all the opiates, despite the shrill tinsel gaiety of 'parties' with no purpose, despite the false grinning faces we all wear. And when at last you find someone to …"

"I am a victim of the American way of life, and I am a victim of the American dream."

"I took a deep breath and made myself small. I knew I had a choice. I could be a victim of my circumstances, or I could be a conqueror."

"If I didn’t think, I’d be much happier."

"I felt my life start to unravel, like a sweater I'd been knitting all my life, now coming undone stitch by stitch."