There must be quite a few things that a hot bath won't cure, but I don…

Sylvia Plath
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There must be quite a few things that a hot bath won't cure, but I don't know many of them. ✨ Sylvia Plath (2016). The Bell Jar, p.12, Hamilton Books
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