You have to be able to make a real creative life for Yourself, before …

Sylvia Plath
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You have to be able to make a real creative life for Yourself, before you can expect anyone Else to provide one ready-made for you. ✨ Sylvia Plath (2013). The Journals of Sylvia Plath, p.85, Anchor
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You have to be able to make a real creative life for Yourself, before you can expect anyone Else to provide one ready-made for you. ✨ Sylvia Plath (2013). The Journals of Sylvia Plath, p.85, Anchor

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