I wanted change and excitement and to shoot off in all directions myse…

Sylvia Plath
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I wanted change and excitement and to shoot off in all directions myself, like the colored arrows from a Fourth of July rocket. ✨ Sylvia Plath (2016). The Bell Jar, p.44, Hamilton Books
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