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I must not be selfless: develop a sense of self. A solidness that can't be attacked.

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
Selfless
Develop
Sense
Self
Must
Attacked

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