the bell jar quotes Flashcards

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1
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i felt myself melting into the shadows

A

melting

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2
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i was supposed to be having the time of my life

A

supposed

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3
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do you know what a poem is esther?….a piece of dust

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dust

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4
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choosing one meant losing all the rest

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losing

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5
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the skin of my wrist looked so white and defenceless that i couldn’t do it

A

defenceless

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6
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i thought the most beautiful thing in the world must be shadow

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shadow

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7
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i would be sitting under the….bell jar, stewing in my own sour air

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stewing

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8
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(buddy and i) had met together under our own imaginary fig tree

A

imaginary

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9
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he was the kind of person a girl should stay fine and clean for

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clean

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10
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i wanted to dictate my own thrilling letters

A

dictate

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11
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i wish i had a mother like jay cee

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mother

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12
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leggo you bitch!

A

leggo

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13
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woman-haters were like gods: invulnerable and chock-full of power

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invulnerable

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14
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it wasn’t the silence of silence. it was my own silence

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silence

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15
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i couldn’t make up my mind which of the figs i would choose

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choose

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16
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moving dully along in the middle of the surrounding hullabaloo

A

hullabaloo

17
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i felt myself shrinking to a small black dot

A

dot

18
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i felt pure and sweet as a new baby

A

baby

19
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my heroine would be myself, only in disguise

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heroine

20
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i wondered why i couldn’t go the whole way doing what i shouldn’t

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wondered

21
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what a man wants is an arrow into the future and what a woman wants is the place the arrow shoots off from

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arrow

22
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i am i am i am

A

am