God, if ever I have come close to wanting to commit suicide, it is now…

Sylvia Plath
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God, if ever I have come close to wanting to commit suicide, it is now, with the groggy sleepless blood dragging through my veins, and the air thick and gray with rain ... I fell into bed again this morning, begging for sleep, withdrawing into the dark, warm, fetid escape from action, from responsibility. No good. ✨ Sylvia Plath (2007). The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath, p.149, Anchor
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