I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart: I am, I am, I am.

Sylvia Plath

The Bell Jar

Buy The Bell Jar at Amazon Buy The Bell Jar at Amazon

More information about this quote

Topic

Self-knowledge Introspection

Speaker

Esther Greenwood

Author

Sylvia Plath

Source

The Bell Jar

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1963 1960s 20th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

United States

Authentication Score 0

Citation

Plath, Sylvia [published as Victoria Lucas]. The Bell Jar. William Heinemann, 1963.

Illustrated Quote

A quote by Sylvia Plath about self-knowledge: “I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart:…”
Download
A quote by Sylvia Plath about self-knowledge: “I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart:…”
Download
A quote by Sylvia Plath about self-knowledge: “I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart:…”
Download

Related Quotes

Below are one or more quotes that share at least one tag with the quote at the top of the page

Another quote from the 1960s

I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad Gita…"Now I am become death, the destroyer of worlds."

J. Robert Oppenheimer

More information about this quote
Topic
Nuclear weapons
Speaker
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Source
The Decison to Drop the Bomb
Medium
Film
Genre
Documentary (film)
Language
English
Time
1965 1960s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Oppenheimer, J. Robert. Quoted in NBC White Paper: The Decision to Drop the Bomb. Narrated by Chet Huntley, directed by Fred Freed and Len Giovannitti, written by Fred Freed, 5 Jan. 1965, NBC.