No, I won't try to escape myself by losing myself in artificial chatte…

Sylvia Plath
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No, I won't try to escape myself by losing myself in artificial chatter 'Did you have a nice vacation?' 'Oh, yes, and you?' I'll stay here and try to pin that loneliness down. ✨ Sylvia Plath (2013). The Journals of Sylvia Plath, p.18, Anchor
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