Oh, something is there, waiting for me. Perhaps someday the revelation…

Sylvia Plath
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Oh, something is there, waiting for me. Perhaps someday the revelation will burst in upon me and I will see the other side of this monumental grotesque joke. And then I'll laugh. And then I'll know what life is. ✨ Sylvia Plath (2007). The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath, p.16, Anchor
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