I have been holding a dialogue with myself and girding myself to stand…

Sylvia Plath
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I have been holding a dialogue with myself and girding myself to stand fast without running. ✨ Sylvia Plath (2013). The Journals of Sylvia Plath, p.204, Anchor
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I have been holding a dialogue with myself and girding myself to stand fast without running. ✨ Sylvia Plath (2013). The Journals of Sylvia Plath, p.204, Anchor

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