A dispassionate white sun shone at the summit of the sky. I wanted to …

Sylvia Plath
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A dispassionate white sun shone at the summit of the sky. I wanted to hone myself on it till I grew saintly and thin and essential as the blade of a knife. ✨ Sylvia Plath (2016). The Bell Jar, p.52, Hamilton Books
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