I felt myself melting into the shadows like the negative of a person I…

Sylvia Plath
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I felt myself melting into the shadows like the negative of a person I'd never seen before in my life. ✨ Sylvia Plath (2016). The Bell Jar, p.7, Hamilton Books
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