But I am I now; and so many other millions are so irretrievably their …

Sylvia Plath
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But I am I now; and so many other millions are so irretrievably their own special variety of 'I' that I can hardly bear to think of it. I: how firm a letter; how reassuring the three strokes: one vertical, proud and assertive, and then the two short horizontal lines in quick, smug succession. The pen scratching on the paper…I…I…I…I…I…I. ✨ Sylvia Plath (2007). The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath, p.34, Anchor
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