I must learn more about these people―try to understand them, put mysel…

Sylvia Plath
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I must learn more about these people―try to understand them, put myself in their place. No, instead I am so busy keeping my head above water that I scarcely know who I am, much less who anyone else is. ✨ Sylvia Plath (2007). The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath, p.76, Anchor
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I must learn more about these people―try to understand them, put myself in their place. No, instead I am so busy keeping my head above water that I scarcely know who I am, much less who anyone else is. ✨ Sylvia Plath (2007). The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath, p.76, Anchor

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