Whenever I'm sad I'm going to die, or so nervous I can't sleep, or in …

Sylvia Plath
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Whenever I'm sad I'm going to die, or so nervous I can't sleep, or in love with somebody I won't be seeing for a week, I slump down just so far and then I say: 'I'll go take a hot bath. ✨ Sylvia Plath (2016). The Bell Jar, p.12, Hamilton Books
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Whenever I'm sad I'm going to die, or so nervous I can't sleep, or in love with somebody I won't be seeing for a week, I slump down just so far and then I say: 'I'll go take a hot bath. ✨ Sylvia Plath (2016). The Bell Jar, p.12, Hamilton Books

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