8 Most Heartbreaking Sylvia Plath Quotes About Pain And Silence

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Khushi Arora
Jul 05, 2025

1.

“Perhaps when we find ourselves wanting everything, it is because we are dangerously close to wanting nothing.”

2.

“I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead; I lift my eyes and all is born again.”

3.

“I desire the things that will destroy me in the end.”

4.

“Dying is an art, like everything else. I do it exceptionally well.”

5.

“The floor seemed wonderfully solid. It was comforting to know I had fallen and could fall no farther.”

6.

“My mother said the cure for thinking too much about yourself was helping somebody who was worse off than you.”

7.

“If I didn't think, I'd be much happier; if I didn't have any sex organs, I wouldn't waver on the brink of nervous emotion and tears all the time.”

8.

“Kiss me, and you will see how important I am.”

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