I have never found anybody who could stand to accept the daily demonst…

Sylvia Plath
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I have never found anybody who could stand to accept the daily demonstrative love I feel in me, and give back as good as I give. ✨ Sylvia Plath (2013). The Journals of Sylvia Plath, p.286, Anchor
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