Sylvia Plath quote: A little thing, like children putting flowers in my hair, can fill up the widening cracks in my self-assurance like ...

A little thing, like children putting flowers in my hair, can fill up the widening cracks in my self-assurance like soothing lanolin.

~ Sylvia Plath ~

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A little thing, like children putting flowers in my hair, can fill up the widening cracks in my self...

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