...we shall board our imagined ship and wildly sail among sacred islands of the mad till death shatters the fabulous stars and makes us real.
Sylvia PlathRead
I had been alone more than I could have been had I gone by myself.
Interpretation
What this quote means
This quote reflects on the depth of loneliness that can accompany a failed connection with others.
Sylvia Plath's quote speaks to the profound experience of loneliness, suggesting that being with others can sometimes feel more isolating than solitude itself. It emphasizes the complexity of human relationships, where the presence of others may not always mitigate feelings of loneliness, potentially leading to a deeper sense of isolation.
Themes
LonelinessRelationshipsIsolationConnectionHuman Experience
In practice
Example use cases
In a discussion about the complexities of relationships, this quote can highlight how some people feel lonelier when surrounded by others who's emotionally distant.
More from Sylvia Plath
All quotes βThe hardest thing, I think, is to live richly in the present, without letting it be tainted & spoiled out of fear for the future or regret for a badly-managed past.
Sylvia PlathRead
It is as if my life were magically run by two electric currents: joyous positive and despairing negative--which ever is running at the moment dominates my life, floods it.
Sylvia PlathRead
You walked in, laughing, tears welling confused, mingling in your throat. How can you be so many women to so many people, oh you strange girl?
Sylvia PlathRead
I keep wanting to crawl back into the womb.
Sylvia PlathRead
It's the living, the eating, the sleeping that everyone needs. Ideas don't matter so much after all. My three best friends are Catholic. I can't see their beliefs, but I can see the things they love to do on earth. When you come right down to it, I do believe in the freedom of the individual.
Sylvia PlathRead
Similar quotes
...because when people have seen you at their worst, you don't have to put on the mask as much.
Anne LamottRead
A liberated woman is one who has sex before marriage and a job after.
Gloria SteinemRead
Eye contact was a delicate matter. A quarter second of a shared glance was a violation of agreements that made the city operational.
Don DelilloRead
Difficulty empathising translates into a whole set of hurdles. You might be last person to get the point of a joke, which can leave you feeling like an outsider. You might end up saying something that another person finds hurtful or offensive, when that was the last thing you intended.
Simon Baron-CohenRead
Throughout our history each and every generation has expanded upon the freedoms won by their parents and grandparents. Each and every generation has removed some of the barriers to full participation in the American dream. And the next great barrier standing before our generation is the prohibition on marriage for same-sex couples
Michael BloombergRead
Jealousy is indeed a poor medium to secure love, but it is a secure medium to destroy one's self-respect. For jealous people, like dope-fiends, stoop to the lowest level and in the end inspire only disgust and loathing.
Emma GoldmanRead