Sylvia Plath
I would face him, and say simply: I am sad that you are not strong, and do not swim and sail and ski, but you have a strong soul, and I will believe in you and make you invincible on this Earth.
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Heptonstall, United Kingdom
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October 27, 1932
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Sylvia Plath

Sylvia Plath Wrote: I saw myself sitting in the crotch of this fig-tree, starving to death, just because I couldn't make up my mind which of the figs I would choose. I wanted each and every one of them, but chosing one meant losing all the rest, and, as I sat there, unable to decide, the figs began to wrinkle and go black, and, one... by one, they plopped to the ground at my feet.

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October 17, 2009 at 6:32am
Jenn
Jenn
So much love for The Bell Jar. It's my favourite book :)
October 17, 2009 at 9:02am
Shelbi
Shelbi
I love Sylia Plath! I needed this exactly today.
October 17, 2009 at 9:02am
Brenda
Brenda
choosing, choosing. (an oops! of chosing)
October 17, 2009 at 9:08am
Kennie
Kennie
Thank you for this gift.
October 17, 2009 at 9:08am
Krista
Krista
This is my favorite!
October 17, 2009 at 9:20am
Dana
Dana
and at her feet sat the fruits of her desires and she remains paralyzed, unable to extend herself and reach out to her dreams because she senses that honest happiness is indeed a lie. Maimed by a chauvinist world and a heartless lover, her poetry weaving a casket. I am her in so many ways.
October 17, 2009 at 9:20am
Lindsay Velasquez
Lindsay Velasquez
Bell Jar is one of my all time favorite books - and I love this passage. I am very indecisive myself - so I relate all too well. Thank you for this - it made my day :)
October 17, 2009 at 9:40am
Aliza
Aliza
"Failure to choose, is a choice". How so very right you are.
October 17, 2009 at 10:02am
Melissa
Melissa
most beautiful.
October 17, 2009 at 10:05am
Robert
Robert
I would go for the furthest one!
October 17, 2009 at 10:36am
Jim Raven
Jim Raven
excellent
October 17, 2009 at 10:46am
Lindsay
Lindsay
Love love love this quote. As much as I love the Bell Jar. I don't think anything is above her unabridged journals...
October 17, 2009 at 2:50pm
Tiff Cooper
Tiff Cooper
I refereneced this quote in a status update recently, claiming that I wished the fig tree would stop growing so many figs! Unfortunately everyone took it literally... ("It's not fig season!" they said!)
October 17, 2009 at 3:35pm
Patti
Patti
LOVE IT!!!!
October 17, 2009 at 5:47pm
Felek
Felek
min xwe di gewda wê dara hejîrê de rûniştî dît û tî jibo mirinê,min nizanibû kijan hejîrê bineqînim. min her yekê û gişa dixwest lê neqandina yekê mirina yên din bû, û ez li wir sekinîm bê biryar,hejîr hêdî hêdî çilmisîn û reş bûn,û,weşiyan li ser lingên min yek bi yek.
October 18, 2009 at 10:12am
Alexander J. Sauscer
Alexander J. Sauscer
and under a guava tree they would grow more guavas with those black seeds.
October 18, 2009 at 11:26am
Fred Klein
Fred Klein
get it while you can
October 18, 2009 at 12:37pm
Jannette Mari Rios
Jannette Mari Rios
amazing!
October 19, 2009 at 5:07am
Ilze
Ilze
a captive of one's own mind. no-one really sees the struggles, the battle within. crying while reading. one by one, losing them all...
October 19, 2009 at 7:28am
Cristina A Cardalda
Cristina A Cardalda
change is inevitable...it takes courage to chose
October 23, 2009 at 6:34pm
Lopamudra Dasgupta
Lopamudra Dasgupta
a prisoner in one's own mind ... letting chances pass you by ...but do we really want???
October 25, 2009 at 3:47am
Dakota
Dakota
God I love this woman!
October 26, 2009 at 6:39pm
Ray
Ray
Beautiful...Black Marauder still waits for you...
October 28, 2009 at 12:46am
Flower Jade
Flower Jade
the problem of having a brain to think and a clock that ticks!
October 28, 2009 at 12:50am
Sylvia Pekarek
Sylvia Pekarek
Yeah, hard to make up mind..
October 28, 2009 at 3:59am
Eleana Davis
Eleana Davis
happy late birthday sylvia. i love you. REST IN PEACE!!!
October 28, 2009 at 7:59pm
Fatma Ali Waheed
Fatma Ali Waheed
greed is totally bad. u have 2 pick up at least 1 of them
October 28, 2009 at 11:28pm
Jen
Jen
oh my gosh sylvia. i just realized i can't sell the bell jar on ebay. thank you.
November 30, 2009 at 6:35pm
Emily Ewing
Emily Ewing
How I so adore your words!~ !!!!!!!!!!!!
December 1, 2009 at 1:04pm
Sarah
Sarah
♥ the bell jar
December 5, 2009 at 4:44am
Moniza
Moniza
'Bell Jar'..wonderful novel ! This rings a bell to me wot hamlet said :'To be or not to be,that is the question'. Indecisiveness comes with choices!! Gud thing 4 one 4 gettin out of this delimma is not to be that choosy in life and be v much focussed:-)
December 17, 2009 at 10:05pm
Courtney Caughey
Courtney Caughey
My favorite passage...
Thu at 7:04pm