I want to write because I have the urge to excel in one medium of tran…

Sylvia Plath
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I want to write because I have the urge to excel in one medium of translation and expression of life. I can't be satisfied with the colossal job of merely living. Oh, no, I must order life in sonnets and sestinas and provide a verbal reflector for my 60-watt lighted head. ✨ Sylvia Plath (2013). The Journals of Sylvia Plath, p.81, Anchor
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