When they asked some old Roman philosopher or other how he wanted to d…

Sylvia Plath
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When they asked some old Roman philosopher or other how he wanted to die, he said he would open his veins in a warm bath. I thought it would be easy, lying in the tup and seeing the redness flower from my wrists, flush after flush through the clear water, till I sank into sleep under a surface gaudy as poppies. ✨ Sylvia Plath (2008). The Bell Jar, p.110, Faber & Faber
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