A terrible depression yesterday. Visions of my life petering out into …

Sylvia Plath
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A terrible depression yesterday. Visions of my life petering out into a kind of soft-brained stupor from lack of use. ✨ Sylvia Plath (2013). The Journals of Sylvia Plath, p.314, Anchor
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A terrible depression yesterday. Visions of my life petering out into a kind of soft-brained stupor from lack of use. ✨ Sylvia Plath (2013). The Journals of Sylvia Plath, p.314, Anchor

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