You ask me why I spend my life writing? Do I find entertainment? Is it…

Sylvia Plath
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You ask me why I spend my life writing? Do I find entertainment? Is it worthwhile? Above all, does it pay? If not, then, is there a reason?... I write only because there is a voice within me. That will not be still. ✨ Sylvia Plath (2011). Letters Home, p.56, Faber & Faber
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