The silence depressed me. It wasn’t the silence of silence. It was my own silence.
SYLVIA PLATH
SYLVIA PLATH
Sylvia Plath on broken heart
Sylvia Plath105 quotes“The silence depressed me. It wasn’t the silence of silence. It was my own silence.”
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