Perhaps when we find ourselves wanting everything, it is because we are dangerously close to wanting nothing.

Quote by Sylvia Plath

Topics: Sylvia Plath Quotes

But life is long. And it is the long run that balances the short flare...

But life is long. And it is the long run that balances the short flare...

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...

The velvet dodges of the hypocrit

The velvet dodges of the hypocrit

Doing all the little tricky things it takes to grow up, step by step, into...

Doing all the little tricky things it takes to grow up, step by step, into...

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...

I talk to God but the sky is empty.

I talk to God but the sky is empty.

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...

Nothing stinks like a pile of unpublished writing.

Nothing stinks like a pile of unpublished writing.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...

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...

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

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

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

Is there no way out of the mind?

Is there no way out of the mind?

I am too pure for you or anyone.

I am too pure for you or anyone.

Kiss me and you will see how important I am.

Kiss me and you will see how important I am.

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...

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

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

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...

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...

Widow. The word consumes itself.

Widow. The word consumes itself.