"But I am I now; and so many……" — Sylvia Plath
"But I am I now; and so many other millions are so irretrievably their own special variety of 'I' that I can hardly bear to think of it. I: how firm a letter; how reassuring the three strokes: one vertical, proud and assertive, and then the two short horizontal lines in quick, smug succession. The pen scratching on the paper…I…I…I…I…I…I."
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Sylvia Plath
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520 Quotes by Sylvia Plath
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The body is amazingly stubborn when it comes to sacrificing itself to the annihilating directions of the mind.
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The woman is perfected. Her dead Body wears the smile of accomplishment.
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