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Before I give my body, I must give my thoughts, my mind, my dreams.

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
Body
Must
Giving
Infatuated
Mind
Infatuation
Dreams
Thoughts
Dream
Give

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