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The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

by Sylvia Plath

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Clare’s Quotes

“Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result.”
― Winston Churchill

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“I began drinking because the thought that I was drinking gave me a kind of identity: each time I poured myself a brandy in the deserted afternoon I could say to myself 'I am a woman who drinks.”
― Penelope Mortimer, The Pumpkin Eater

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“I was worrying about the milk, about my children falling in love, about the creatures who crawled through the dark towards us, their ancestors, their loving assassins, breathing 'Why?' like a cold wind.”
― Penelope Mortimer, The Pumpkin Eater

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“When I was fourteen I had the world at my feet but somebody didn't do their job properly and allowed me to sin.”
― Penelope Mortimer, The Pumpkin Eater

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