I hadn't, at the last moment, felt like washing off the two diagonal l…

Sylvia Plath
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I hadn't, at the last moment, felt like washing off the two diagonal lines of dried blood that marked my cheeks. They seemed touching, and rather spectacular, and I thought I would carry them around with me, like the relic of a dead lover, till they wore off of their own accord. ✨ Sylvia Plath (2016). The Bell Jar, p.60, Hamilton Books
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