But life is long. And it is the long run that balances the short flare of interest and passion.

Quote by Sylvia Plath

Topics: Sylvia Plath Quotes

I talk to God but the sky is empty.

I talk to God but the sky is empty.

Apparently, the most difficult feat for a Cambridge male is to accept a woman not...

Apparently, the most difficult feat for a Cambridge male is to accept a woman not...

What does one woman see in another than a man cannot see? Tenderness

What does one woman see in another than a man cannot see? Tenderness

I took a deep breath and listened to the old bray of my heart. I...

I took a deep breath and listened to the old bray of my heart. I...

There must be quite a few things that a hot bath won't cure, but I...

There must be quite a few things that a hot bath won't cure, but I...

Perhaps when we find ourselves wanting everything, it is because we are dangerously close to...

Perhaps when we find ourselves wanting everything, it is because we are dangerously close to...

I could feel tears brimming and sloshing in me like water in a glass that...

I could feel tears brimming and sloshing in me like water in a glass that...

And by the way, everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing...

And by the way, everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing...

I love him to hell and back and heaven and back, and have and do...

I love him to hell and back and heaven and back, and have and do...

Dying is an art, like everything else. I do it exceptionally well. I do it...

Dying is an art, like everything else. I do it exceptionally well. I do it...

The blood jet is poetry and there is no stopping it.

The blood jet is poetry and there is no stopping it.

The velvet dodges of the hypocrit

The velvet dodges of the hypocrit

The man creates a pseudonym and hides behind it like a worm

The man creates a pseudonym and hides behind it like a worm

Nothing stinks like a pile of unpublished writing.

Nothing stinks like a pile of unpublished writing.

I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead; I lift my eyes and...

I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead; I lift my eyes and...

Kiss me and you will see how important I am.

Kiss me and you will see how important I am.

If neurotic is wanting two mutually exclusive things at one and the same time, then...

If neurotic is wanting two mutually exclusive things at one and the same time, then...

How frail the human heart must be - a mirrored pool of thought.

How frail the human heart must be - a mirrored pool of thought.

Widow. The word consumes itself.

Widow. The word consumes itself.

Is there no way out of the mind?

Is there no way out of the mind?