The Bell Jar is the only novel written by American poet Sylvia Plath. It is an intensely realistic and emotional record of a successful and talented young woman's descent into madness.

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“I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead; I lift my eyes and all is born again.”

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

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“I told him I believed in hell, and that certain people, like me, had to live in hell before they died, to make up for missing out on it after death, since they didn't believe in life after death, and what each person believed happened to him when he died.”

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“The trouble about jumping was that if you didn't pick the right number of storeys, you might still be alive when you hit bottom.”

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