„They had to call and callAnd pick the worms off me like sticky pearls.–From the poem “Lady Lazarus”, written 23-29 October 1962“

— Sylvia Plath
„I am too pure for you or anyone.From the poem "Fever 103°", 20 October 1962“
— Sylvia Plath
„Eternity bores me,I never wanted it.From the poem "Years", 16 November 1962“
— Sylvia Plath
„I know the bottom, she says. I know it with my great tap root:It is what you fear.I do not fear it: I have been there.--From the poem "Elm", written 19 April 1962“
— Sylvia Plath
„People or starsRegard me sadly, I disappoint them.From the poem "Sheep in Fog", 2 December 1962, 28 January 1963“
— Sylvia Plath