And I, stepping from this skin Of old bandages, boredoms, old faces St…

Sylvia Plath
472 citations
And I, stepping from this skin Of old bandages, boredoms, old faces Step to you from the black car of Lethe, Pure as a baby. ✨ Sylvia Plath (2010). Ariel: The Restored Edition, p.64, Faber & Faber
Time
23

More Author Quotes

It is a terrible thing to be so open: it is as if my heart put on a face and walked into the world. ✨ Sylvia Plath (2015). Collected Poems, Faber & Faber
I must get my soul back from you; I am killing my flesh without it.
What I fear most, I think, is the death of the imagination. ✨ Sylvia Plath (2011). The Journals of Sylvia Plath, p.226, Faber & Faber
To annihilate the world by annihilation of oneself is the deluded height of desperate egoism. ✨ Sylvia Plath (2011). The Journals of Sylvia Plath, p.163, Faber & Faber
In a rabbit-fear I may hurl myself under the wheels of the car because the lights terrify me, and under the dark blind death of wheels I will be safe. I am very tired, very banal, very confused. I do … ▶

And I, stepping from this skin Of old bandages, boredoms, old faces Step to you from the black car of Lethe, Pure as a baby. ✨ Sylvia Plath (2010). Ariel: The Restored Edition, p.64, Faber & Faber

More Author Quotes

Most Cited Authors

The Best Quotes

Most Liked Authors

Curated Author Quotes