the bell jar quotes Flashcards
i felt myself melting into the shadows
melting
i was supposed to be having the time of my life
supposed
do you know what a poem is esther?….a piece of dust
dust
choosing one meant losing all the rest
losing
the skin of my wrist looked so white and defenceless that i couldn’t do it
defenceless
i thought the most beautiful thing in the world must be shadow
shadow
i would be sitting under the….bell jar, stewing in my own sour air
stewing
(buddy and i) had met together under our own imaginary fig tree
imaginary
he was the kind of person a girl should stay fine and clean for
clean
i wanted to dictate my own thrilling letters
dictate
i wish i had a mother like jay cee
mother
leggo you bitch!
leggo
woman-haters were like gods: invulnerable and chock-full of power
invulnerable
it wasn’t the silence of silence. it was my own silence
silence
i couldn’t make up my mind which of the figs i would choose
choose