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“I am jealous of men. I envy the man his physical freedom to lead a double life.”

— Sylvia Plath

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Source

Title
Wikiquote: Sylvia Plath
Type
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Context

Diary entry from 1951 in The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath, 1950–1962 (New York: Anchor Books) as cited by Cordelia Jenkins in "The 'definitive account' of Sylvia Plath" Financial Times (November 13, 2000)

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Plath, Sylvia. (n.d.). Wikiquote: Sylvia Plath. Wikiquote. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Sylvia_Plath

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