But when it came right down to it, the skin of my wrist looked so white and defenseless that I couldn't do… — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
I read a lot when I was young. All the obvious, all the greats, from 'Le Grand Meaulnes,' 'To Kill a Mockingbird,'… — Viv Albertine Copy Share Image
All the heat and fear had purged itself. I felt surprisingly at peace. The bell jar hung suspended a few feet above… — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
“We were talking about The Bell Jar, because we were sixteen, and we wanted to be depressed in New York.” — Deborah Willis Copy Share Image
“If the club creates a natural bond among its members, something of that sympathy extends to their families as well. The first… — Nancy Gibbs; Michael Duffy Copy Share Image
Someone once said that under the bell jar of compliance, the only thing that blooms is rage. — Jane Fonda Copy Share Image
I kind of don't believe in actors directing themselves. Obviously some people have done it well, but I don't see how I… — Julia Stiles Copy Share Image
“To the person in The Bell Jar, black and stopped as a dead baby, the world itself is a bad dream” — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
I read 'The Bell Jar' as an adolescent and, like most teenagers, had no problem identifying with a young woman who had… — Lionel Shriver Copy Share Image
My mother said the cure for thinking too much about yourself was helping somebody who was worse off than you. — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
The moment in The Bell Jar when Esther Greenwood realizes after thirty days in the same black turtleneck that she never wants… — Elizabeth Wurtzel Copy Share Image
All cultures have things to learn from all other cultures. Don't get stuck in your culture! Go beyond it! Get out of… — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
“We'll act as if all this were a bad dream." A bad dream. To the person in the bell jar, blank and… — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
I buried my head under the darkness of the pillow and pretended it was night. I couldn't see the point of getting… — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
“Cliff says Sylvia Plath's work is very depressing to read, and that his own daughter had recently suffered through The Bell Jar… — Matthew Quick Copy Share Image
I dare you to read a book this weekend! War and Peace? To Kill a Mocking Bird? Catcher in the Rye? The… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
I sank back in the gray, plush seat and closed my eyes. The air of the bell jar wadded round me and… — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
“The bell jar hung, suspended, a few feet above my head. I was open to the circulating air.” — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
But I wasn't sure. I wasn't sure at all. How did I know that someday―at college, in Europe, somewhere, anywhere―the bell jar,… — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
