I collected men with interesting names. I already knew a Socrates. He …

Sylvia Plath
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I collected men with interesting names. I already knew a Socrates. He was tall and ugly and intellectual and the son of some big Greek movie producer in Hollywood, but also a Catholic, which ruined it for both of us. ✨ Sylvia Plath (2016). The Bell Jar, p.28, Hamilton Books
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