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There is so much hurt in this game of searching for a mate, of testing, trying. And you realize suddenly that you forgot it was a game, and turn away in tears.

Sylvia Plath

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Sylvia Plath
Age: 30 †
Born: 1932
Born: October 27
Died: 1963
Died: February 11
Autobiographer
Diarist
Essayist
Novelist
Poet
Writer
Boston
Massachusetts
Victoria Lucas
Sylvia Plath Hughes
Much
Realizing
Mates
Turn
Testing
Hurt
Searching
Games
Dating
Turns
Suddenly
Inspirational
Tears
Away
Realize
Mate
Trying
Game
Forgot

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