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Explore the profound and often intense world of Sylvia Plath through her most iconic quotes. This collection delves into themes of life, love, identity, and the darkness that can reside within. Discover the wisdom and raw honesty of this celebrated poet and novelist, alongside other literary giants who grappled with similar complexities.

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00:00I am terrified by this dark thing that sleeps in me.
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00:08The only way to do great work is to love what you do.
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00:16I felt my lungs inflate with the onrush of scenery, air, mountains, trees, people.
00:23I thought, this is it.
00:26This is it.
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00:31How do you begin to love, I think, is the question.
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00:40I can't see myself without a mirror.
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00:48I desire the things that will destroy me in the end.
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00:56What a strange thing to be alive.
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01:03I am a woman in a man's world.
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01:11If you don't like something, change it.
01:14If you can't change it, change your attitude.
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01:22The moon is a bone, and so is the sun.
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01:30I am not an adventurous of the spirit.
01:34Sylvia Plath
01:38I saw my life spread out before me like a map of the United States.
01:43I saw a destination, but I couldn't see the road.
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01:51I want to be a poet.
01:54I want to be a painter.
01:56I want to be a writer.
01:59I want to be a writer.
02:02I want to be a mother.
02:04I want to be a wife.
02:07Sylvia Plath
02:10The worst thing you can do is to want to be something you are not.
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02:23I am a very lucky woman.
02:46I have a husband and I have two children and I have a house and I have a garden and
02:50I have a dog and I have a cat and I have a car and I have a job and
02:53I have a lot of friends and I have a lot of enemies.
02:57Sylvia Plath
03:01I have never been good at anything.
03:04I have never been good at anything.
03:07I have never been good at anything.
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03:14To be is to do. Sylvia Plath
03:20I am not a bad person. I am not a good person. I am a person. Sylvia Plath

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