The sun gives you ulcers, the wind gives you T.B. Once you were beauti…

Sylvia Plath
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The sun gives you ulcers, the wind gives you T.B. Once you were beautiful. ✨ Sylvia Plath (2010). Winter Trees, p.25, Faber & Faber
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