If you expect nothing from somebody, you are never disappointed. — Sylvia Plath · Skopia

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If you expect nothing from somebody, you are never disappointed.

The Bell Jar · 1963

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Plath, Sylvia [published as Victoria Lucas]. The Bell Jar. William Heinemann, 1963.

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