I felt my lungs inflate with the onrush of scenery—air, mountains, trees, people. I thought, ‘This is what it is to be happy.’ —Sylvia Plath

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I felt my lungs inflate with the onrush of scenery—air, mountains, trees, people. I thought, ‘This is what it is to be happy.’

SYLVIA PLATH

Poet

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Raider Frank from Wahiawa Hawaii JANUARY 29, 2019
Nice picture
SAMIRAN from MAZUMDAR APRIL 11, 2016
So true .....
Victoria from Va APRIL 9, 2016
I love this
Tarun from India APRIL 6, 2016
Good One
Moenique from Wilson APRIL 5, 2016
I love it, it but me to my heart

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