Sylvia Plath Quotes

Today is the first of August. It is hot, steamy and wet. It is raining. I am tempted to write a poem. But I remember what it said on one rejection slip: 'After a heavy rainfall, poems titled 'Rain' pour in from across the nation.'

Sylvia Plath

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 27, 1932 - February 11, 1963

Topics

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I met Drew Barrymore in New York and she said she liked the band. That was really cool. I grew up on her.

Meg White

New YorkCoolNewSaidBandShe

A few days of idleness have completely sickened me, and given me what is called the blue-devils so severely, that I feel that the sooner I go to work and drive them off, the better.

John James Audubon

WorkMeDriveBetterFeelGo

Fights in real life between real people only last so long before someone gets seriously hurt.

Robert Kirkman

LifePeopleHurtSomeoneLongReal

Pretend was a big part of my childhood.

Jeff Bridges

ChildhoodPretendBigPartBig Part

I'm never trying to make something esoteric; it just happens.

Jonathan Krisel

TryingNeverSomethingJustHappens

Music is always on. Not at work. But at home, everything always has to have a soundtrack.

Jose Andres

WorkHomeMusicAlwaysEverything

I have a lady, she's a great lady. I love her a lot, she loves me. We're on the same page. Whenever that day happens when we're not on the same page we'll move forward with it. We're interested in having our lives be our lives right now and not a third person's vis-a-vis marriage and whatever that means.

Jon Hamm

LoveMarriageGreatDayMeForward

I've found that if I limit my talking, just everyday talking, a couple of days before I have to sing, my voice is stronger. That really is about the only precaution that I take: I try to rest it as much as possible and keep the nutritional value of my food up.

Johnny Mathis

FoodValueRestVoiceTalkingLimit

There are a few images in 'Exorcist 3' that scared me - people crawling on ceilings, etc. - but nothing beats the original. Even the book scared me to death.

Christine Elise

DeathPeopleMeBookNothingScared

While 'Visitation Street' has the markings of a traditional whodunnit mystery - starting with a missing girl, intrigue and many suspicious characters - Pochoda shows her hand early on by fingering a culprit. The book turns, then, into a 'whydunnit.'

Claire Cameron

GirlBookMysteryEarlyStreetHand

Every president inherits a mixed bag when he comes to office, and Obama's was hardly the worst.

Bret Stephens

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We can find common ground in agreeing that politics have no room in foreign policy.

Pete Hoekstra

PoliticsFindPolicyGroundRoom

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