„I could feel the winter shaking my bones and banging my teeth together.“
— Sylvia Plath, libro La campana di vetro
Origine: The Bell Jar
Frasi Sylvia Plath
„I talk to God but the sky is empty.“
Draft of letter to Richard Sassoon (1950-02-19)
The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath (2000)
Variante: I talk to God, but the sky is empty.
„I felt wise and cynical as all hell.“
— Sylvia Plath, libro La campana di vetro
Origine: The Bell Jar
„Perhaps, perhaps this would be the one to pull me out of my plunge.“
Origine: The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
Origine: Ariel: The Restored Edition
„I lean to you, numb as a fossil. Tell me I'm here.“
Origine: The Collected Poems
„I must get back my soul from you; I am killing my flesh without it.“
Draft of letter to Richard Sassoon (1956-03-01)
The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath (2000)
Origine: The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
Variante: How we need that security. How we need another soul to cling to, another body to keep us warm. To rest and trust; to give your soul in confidence: I need this. I need someone to pour myself into.
Origine: The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
Origine: The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
„I may never be happy, but tonight I am content.“
Origine: The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
„The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.“
Origine: The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
„It is awful to want to go away and to want to go nowhere.“
Origine: The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
— Sylvia Plath, libro La campana di vetro
Variante: The trouble was, I had been inadequate all along, I simply hadn't thought about it.
Origine: The Bell Jar
