I am afraid of getting older … I am afraid of getting married. Spare m…

Sylvia Plath
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I am afraid of getting older … I am afraid of getting married. Spare me from cooking three meals a day—spare me from the relentless cage of routine and rote. I want to be free…. I want, I want to think, to be omniscient…. I think I would like to call myself ‘The girl who wanted to be God. ✨ Sylvia Plath (2011). Letters Home, p.66, Faber & Faber
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