I opened the door and blinked out into the bright hall. I had the impr…

Sylvia Plath
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I opened the door and blinked out into the bright hall. I had the impression it wasn't night and it wasn't day, but some lurid third interval that had suddenly slipped between them and would never end. ✨ Sylvia Plath (2016). The Bell Jar, p.13, Hamilton Books
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