What is my life for and what am I going to do with it? I don't know and I'm afraid. I can never read all the books I want; I can never be all the peo… - Sylvia Plath

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What is my life for and what am I going to do with it? I don't know and I'm afraid. 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.

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About Sylvia Plath

Sylvia Plath (27 October 1932 – 11 February 1963) was an American poet, novelist, short story writer, and essayist. She was the first wife of Ted Hughes.

Biography information from Wikiquote · Portrait adapted from Wikimedia Commons, Giovanni Giovannetti/Grazia Neri (Public domain / CC0)

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Pen Names: Victoria Lucas
Alternative Names: Sylvia Plath Hughes

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