I felt like a racehorse in a world without racetracks or a champion co…

Sylvia Plath
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I felt like a racehorse in a world without racetracks or a champion college footballer suddenly confronted by Wall Street and a business suit, his days of glory shrunk to a little gold cup on his mantel with a date engraved on it like the date on a tombstone. ✨ Sylvia Plath (2016). The Bell Jar, p.41, Hamilton Books
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