she slammed the door andwas gone.I looked at the closed doorand at the doorknoband strangelyI didn't feelalone.
And the danger is that in this move toward new horizons and far directions, that I may lose what I have now, and not find anything except loneliness.
The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
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And the danger is that in this move toward new horizons and far directions, that I may lose what I have now, and not find anything except loneliness.
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