I may be a fool, but I'm not a stupid fool. I'm a fool in the way that an artist is a fool, that a visionary is a fool. I'm a fool in the way that a saint is a fool.
— Sylvia Plath Modern

The Bell Jar, confessional poetry

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1956

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Strange & Unusual

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https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/10767107-i-may-be-a-fool-but-i-m-not-a-stupid

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