# Quote — Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar

> I saw myself sitting in the crotch of this fig tree, starving to death, just because I couldn't make up my mind which of the figs I would choose. I wanted each and every one of them, but choosing one meant losing all the rest, and, as I sat there, unable to decide, the figs began to wrinkle and go black, and, one by one, they plopped to the ground at my feet.

- Author: [Sylvia Plath](https://www.leafyquotes.com/sylvia-plath.md)
- Book: [The Bell Jar](https://www.leafyquotes.com/sylvia-plath/the-bell-jar.md)
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/sylvia-plath/the-bell-jar/i-saw-myself

## More from this book

> There ought, I thought, to be a ritual for being born twice - patched, retreaded and approved for the road.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/sylvia-plath/the-bell-jar/there-ought-i-thought.md)

> How did I know that someday — at college, in Europe, somewhere, anywhere — the bell jar, with its stifling distortions, wouldn’t descend again?

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/sylvia-plath/the-bell-jar/how-did-i-know.md)

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

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/sylvia-plath/the-bell-jar/i-took-a-deep.md)