The only reason I remembered this play was because it had a mad person…

Sylvia Plath
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The only reason I remembered this play was because it had a mad person in it, and everything I had ever read about mad people stuck in my mind, while everything else flew out. ✨ Sylvia Plath (2016). The Bell Jar, p.79, Hamilton Books
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The only reason I remembered this play was because it had a mad person in it, and everything I had ever read about mad people stuck in my mind, while everything else flew out. ✨ Sylvia Plath (2016). The Bell Jar, p.79, Hamilton Books

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