"The moon is no door. It is a……" — Sylvia Plath
"The moon is no door. It is a face in its own right, White as a knuckle and terribly upset. It drags the sea after it like a dark crime; it is quiet With the O-gape of complete despair. I live here."
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520 Quotes by Sylvia Plath
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