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Letters of Sylvia Plath, Volume I: 1940-1956 QUOTES

Letters of Sylvia Plath, Volume I: 1940-1956 QUOTES

1 " I am sitting in my room, looking out at a scene of snow pouring down with ice and sleet and thinking of how sometimes people are really wonderful after all. "

― Sylvia Plath , Letters of Sylvia Plath, Volume I: 1940-1956

2 " But perhaps the most overlooked feature of her life was that she was human, and therefore fallible. "

― Sylvia Plath , Letters of Sylvia Plath, Volume I: 1940-1956

3 " Waiting for the right wonderful person is so much more important than getting the outer comforts of marriage at an early age. "

― Sylvia Plath , Letters of Sylvia Plath, Volume I: 1940-1956

4 " Even in the days I feel the worst, I feel glad to be alive. To be a part of this journey called life. To be one of the lucky 7 billion. Why was I chosen to be here? I must have a meaning, right? There's a big picture already painted of my life, my legacy, my happiness. I just have to trust in it. "

― Sylvia Plath , Letters of Sylvia Plath, Volume I: 1940-1956

5 " My biggest trouble is that people look at me and think that no serious trouble has ever troubled my little head. They seldom realize the chaos that seethes behind my exterior. As for the who Am I, what am I angle...that will preoccupy me till the day I die. "

― Sylvia Plath , Letters of Sylvia Plath, Volume I: 1940-1956