Sylvia Plath Quotes About Life

Quotes about: Life

• And by the way, everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it, and the imagination to improvise. The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.

  Sylvia Plath

  Life, Sad, Writing

  Sylvia Plath (2013). “The Journals of Sylvia Plath”, p.85, Anchor

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

  Sylvia Plath

  Inspirational, Life, Inspiring

• The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.

  Sylvia Plath

  Inspirational, Life, Beautiful

  Sylvia Plath (2007). “The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath”, p.545, Anchor

• Remember, remember, this is now, and now, and now. Live it, feel it, cling to it. I want to become acutely aware of all I’ve taken for granted.

  Sylvia Plath

  Life, Memories, Taken

  Sylvia Plath (2013). “The Journals of Sylvia Plath”, p.14, Anchor

• I wonder why I don't go to bed and go to sleep. But then it would be tomorrow, so I decide that no matter how tired, no matter how incoherent I am, I can skip on hour more of sleep and live.

  Sylvia Plath

  Life, Sleep, Tired

  Sylvia Plath (2007). “The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath”, p.83, Anchor

• We stayed at home to write, to consolidate our outstretched selves.

  Sylvia Plath

  Life, Home, Writing

• Can you understand? Someone, somewhere, can you understand me a little, love me a little? For all my despair, for all my ideals, for all that - I love life. But it is hard, and I have so much - so very much to learn.

  Sylvia Plath

  Life, Despair, Feminism

  Sylvia Plath (2007). “The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath”, p.25, Anchor

• You ask me why I spend my life writing? Do I find entertainment? Is it worthwhile? Above all, does it pay? If not, then, is there a reason?... I write only because there is a voice within me. That will not be still.

  Sylvia Plath

  Inspirational, Life, Beautiful

  Sylvia Plath (2011). “Letters Home”, p.56, Faber & Faber

• Read widely of others' experiences, even if it'd be more comfortable to snuggle back in the comforting cotton-wool of blissful ignorance.

  Sylvia Plath

  Inspirational, Life, Ignorance

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

  Sylvia Plath

  Life, Running, Passion

  Sylvia Plath (2007). “The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath”, p.148, Anchor

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