Alive Quote by Sylvia Plath

“Not easy to state the change you made. If I'm alive now, I was dead, Though, like a stone, unbothered by it.” quote by Sylvia Plath — Download Open image

“Not easy to state the change you made. If I'm alive now, I was dead, Though, like a stone, unbothered by it.”

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We're like the wicked witch. We promise gingerbread, then eat the little brats alive.

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