Poetry Quote by Sylvia Plath — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“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.”

“Love is a shadow.”

“There is nothing like puking with somebody to make you into old friends.”

“The human mind is so limited it can only build an arbitrary heaven — and usually the physical comforts they endow it with are naively the kind that can be perceived as we humans perceive — nothing more. No: perhaps I will awake to find myself burning in hell. I think not. I think I will be snuffed out. Black is sleep; black is a fainting spell; and black is death, with no light, no waking.”

“I?”

“I am solitary as grass. What is it I miss?”

“(Poetry) helped me to find a silver lining in even the darkest emotions, experiences, observations and topics; find positivity even in the face of extreme negativity; find strength when I was being forced to feel weak; and find hope that my tomorrows would be brighter.”

“Still, what I want in my life”

“For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams”

“This, this indeed is to be accursed,”

“THOUGH you are in your shining days,”

“She was a quiet girl, a thoughtful girl. But you never knew what was going in that pretty little head of hers. Whether she was planning a tea party; or a plot to take over the world.”