“No, I won't try to escape myself by losing myself in artificial chatter 'Did you have a nice vacation?' 'Oh, yes, and you?' I'll stay here and try to pin that loneliness down.”

—  Sylvia Plath

Source: The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

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American poet, novelist and short story writer 1932–1963

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