I felt dumb and subdued. Every time I tried to concentrate, my mind gl…

Sylvia Plath
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I felt dumb and subdued. Every time I tried to concentrate, my mind glided off, like a skater, into a large empty space, and pirouetted there, absently. ✨ Sylvia Plath (2016). The Bell Jar, p.74, Hamilton Books
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