But when it came right down to it, the skin of my wrist looked so white and defensless that I couldn't do it. It was as if what I wanted to kill wasn't in that skin or the thin blue pulse that jumped under my thumb, but somewhere else, deeper, more secret, and a whole lot harder to get. β¨ Sylvia Plath (2016). The Bell Jar, p.75, Hamilton Books
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- Then I decided I would spend the summer writing a novel. That would fix a lot of people. β¨ Sylvia Plath (2016). The Bell Jar, p.62, Hamilton Books
- If you dissect a bird / to diagram the tongue, / you'll cut the chord / articulating song. β¨ Sylvia Plath (2015). Collected Poems, p.285, Faber & Faber
- God has to remind us this isn't heaven by a long shot, so he increases the radios and lethal flies. β¨ Sylvia Plath (2000). The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath, 1950-1962, Anchor
- I am too pure for you or anyone. β¨ Sylvia Plath Poemas, Editora Iluminuras Ltda
- Yes, there is joy, fulfillment and companionship but the loneliness of the soul in its appalling self-consciousness is horrible and overpowering. β¨ Sylvia Plath (2007). The Unabridged Journals of Syl β¦ βΆ
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