Maybe forgetfulness, like a kind snow, should numb and cover them. But…

Sylvia Plath
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Maybe forgetfulness, like a kind snow, should numb and cover them. But they were a part of me. They were my landscape. ✨ Sylvia Plath (2016). The Bell Jar, p.122, Hamilton Books
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Maybe forgetfulness, like a kind snow, should numb and cover them. But they were a part of me. They were my landscape. ✨ Sylvia Plath (2016). The Bell Jar, p.122, Hamilton Books

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