“The trouble about jumping was that if you didn't pick the right number of storeys, you might still be alive when you hit bottom.”
― The Bell Jar
― The Bell Jar
“Everything people did seemed so silly, because they only died in the end.”
― The Bell Jar
― The Bell Jar
“It was my first big chance, but here I was, sitting back and letting it run through my fingers like so much water.”
― The Bell Jar
― The Bell Jar
“I buried my head under the darkness of the pillow and pretended it was night. I couldn't see the point of getting up. I had nothing to look forward to.”
― The Bell Jar
― The Bell Jar
“I wanted to tell her that if only something were wrong with my body it would be fine, I would rather have anything wrong with my body than something wrong with my head, but the idea seemed so involved and wearisome that I didn’t say anything. I only burrowed down further in the bed.”
― The Bell Jar
― The Bell Jar
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