Sylvia Plath Quotes

Perfection is terrible; it cannot have children.

Sylvia Plath

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

ChildrenPerfectionTerribleCannot

Julia Roberts and Sandra Bullock do romantic comedies. I do dark dramas. I do these movies well.

Jodie Foster

RomanticDarkMoviesWellJulia

An Episcopalian military institution when it was founded near the turn of the century, Harvard for years had an implicit quota system that effectively limited the number of Jewish admissions.

John Gregory Dunne

MilitaryJewishYearsTurnSystem

I am a product of affirmative action. I am the perfect affirmative action baby. I am Puerto Rican, born and raised in the south Bronx. My test scores were not comparable to my colleagues at Princeton and Yale. Not so far off so that I wasn't able to succeed at those institutions.

Sonia Sotomayor

I AmBabySucceedActionColleagues

I don't have a glamorous lifestyle.

Sonny Mehta

LifestyleGlamorous

I had a lot of older musicians looking out for me, teaching me, and showing me things when they saw how interested I was in music from a young age. They would take me to the side and just play some things in my ear, and I would try to play it back to them.

Trombone Shorty

MusicAgeMeLookingMusiciansPlay

Their very conservatism is secondhand, and they don't know what they are conserving.

Robertson Davies

PoliticsKnowConservatismVery

Schools don't really allow failure and yet it's a valid part of any endeavour, not just writing.

Roddy Doyle

FailureWritingJustAllowPartAny

When I first appeared in the media, it was rare to see trans people on TV, and young trans kids were unheard of.

Jazz Jennings

PeopleMediaYoungFirstSeeRare

I'm entranced by Amanda Lovelace's work. She wrote two wonderful books, 'The Princess Saves Herself in This One' and 'The Witch Doesn't Burn in This One.' You can feel your heart opening because she says things that you thought only you felt.

Deborah Harkness

WorkHeartThoughtFeelYouBurn

Keep violence in the mind where it belongs.

Brian Aldiss

MindViolenceWhereKeepBelongs

My sister has been there for me through everything.

Brad Goreski

MeSisterEverythingThroughBeen

I moved to New York in 2003 with about $100 bucks in my pocket and a suitcase.

Bobby Berk

New YorkNewSuitcasePocketMoved

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