No, I won't try to escape myself by losing myself in artificial chatte…

Sylvia Plath
472 citations
No, I won't try to escape myself by losing myself in artificial chatter 'Did you have a nice vacation?' 'Oh, yes, and you?' I'll stay here and try to pin that loneliness down. ✨ Sylvia Plath (2013). The Journals of Sylvia Plath, p.18, Anchor
Politics
17

More Author Quotes

I had been alone more than I could have been had I gone by myself.
So much working, reading, thinking, living to do. A lifetime is not long enough. Nor youth to old age long enough. Immortality and permanence be damned. Sure I want them, but they are nonexistent, an … ▶
There is a certain unique and strange delight about walking down an empty street alone. ✨ Sylvia Plath (2007). The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath, p.54, Anchor
Nothing stinks like a pile of unpublished writing. ✨ Barry Kyle, Sylvia Plath (1976). Sylvia Plath, a Dramatic Portrait: Conceived and Adapted from Her Writings, by Barry Kyle
When they asked some old Roman philosopher or other how he wanted to die, he said he would open his veins in a warm bath. I thought it would be easy, lying in the tup and seeing the redness flower fr … ▶

No, I won't try to escape myself by losing myself in artificial chatter 'Did you have a nice vacation?' 'Oh, yes, and you?' I'll stay here and try to pin that loneliness down. ✨ Sylvia Plath (2013). The Journals of Sylvia Plath, p.18, Anchor

More Author Quotes

Most Cited Authors

The Best Quotes

Most Liked Authors

Curated Author Quotes