“I have the choice of being constantly active and happy or introspectively passive and sad…

…or I can go mad by ricocheting in between.” 

Sylvia Plath was someone who I instantly identified with when we read The Bell Jar my senior year in high school. The thoughts that went through her head and the way she saw and perceived the world were both relatable to me in so many ways. While so many people who read the book in class couldn’t understand her descent into madness, I understood perfectly.