"So you got rid of your astonishment that someone could write so much more dynamically than you. You stopped cherishing your aloneness and poetic differentness to your delicately flat little bosom. You said: she's to good to forget. How about making her a friend and competitor — you could learn alot from her. So you'll try. So maybe she'll laugh in your face. So maybe she'll beat you hollow in the end. So anyhow, you'll try, and maybe, possibly, she can stand you. Here's hoping!"

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Source: Sylvia Plath “Poemas”, Editora Iluminuras Ltda

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Sylvia Plath

Poet, Novelist

Sylvia Plath was an American poet and novelist, known for her confessional style and her impactful work, 'The Bell Jar'.

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