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

“The blood jet is poetry,”

“Dying”

“I?”

“I am terrified by this dark thing”

“What I fear most, I think, is the death of the imagination. When the sky outside is merely pink, and the rooftops merely black: that photographic mind which paradoxically tells the truth, but the worthless truth, about the world. It is that synthesizing spirit, that "shaping" force, which prolifically sprouts and makes up its own worlds with more inventiveness than God which I desire. If I sit still and don't do anything, the world goes on beating like a slack drum, without meaning. We must be moving, working, making dreams to run toward; the poverty of life without dreams is too horrible to imagine.”

“The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.”

“How can I keep my soul in me, so that”

“One! two! and through and through”

“No one here likes a wet dog.”

“Suddenly it's December and you're not 17 anymore. And you haven't been 17 for a very long time, but sometimes you need to remind yourself.”

“Broken hearts, you can run, you can hide and perhaps the earth is big enough to believe you’re safe. So maybe for a moment you have escaped but hear me, hear me well. Love will find you and it will leave nothing behind.”

“أغارُ عليكَ”