Doing all the little tricky things it takes to grow up, step by step, …

Sylvia Plath
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Doing all the little tricky things it takes to grow up, step by step, into an anxious and unsettling world. ✨ Sylvia Plath (2016). The Bell Jar, p.114, Hamilton Books
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Doing all the little tricky things it takes to grow up, step by step, into an anxious and unsettling world. ✨ Sylvia Plath (2016). The Bell Jar, p.114, Hamilton Books

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