“I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart: I am, I am, I am.”

—  Sylvia Plath , book The Bell Jar

Variant: I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart: I am, I am, I am.
Source: The Bell Jar (1963), Ch. 20

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American poet, novelist and short story writer 1932–1963

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