If I was going to fall, I would hang on to my small comforts, at least…

Sylvia Plath
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If I was going to fall, I would hang on to my small comforts, at least, for as long as I possibly could. ✨ Sylvia Plath (2016). The Bell Jar, p.107, Hamilton Books
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If I was going to fall, I would hang on to my small comforts, at least, for as long as I possibly could. ✨ Sylvia Plath (2016). The Bell Jar, p.107, Hamilton Books

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