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“I can never read all the books I want; I can never be all the people I want and live all the lives I want. I can never train myself in all the skills I want. And why do I want? I want to live and feel all the shades, tones and variations of mental and physical experience possible in my life. And I am horribly limited.”
― The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
― The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
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― Reaper Man
― Reaper Man
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― Jane Eyre
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― Lords and Ladies
― Lords and Ladies
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― Lords and Ladies
― Lords and Ladies
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