

“You think you have mastered it, but just as you get well underway in following, it turns a back-somersault and there you are. It slaps you in the face, knocks you down, and tramples upon you. It is like a bad dream.”
― The Yellow Wallpaper
― The Yellow Wallpaper

“Either you deal with what is the reality, or you can be sure that the reality is going to deal with you.”
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“The bright side of the planet moves toward darkness
And the cities are falling asleep, each in its hour,
And for me, now as then, it is too much.
There is too much world.”
― The Separate Notebooks
And the cities are falling asleep, each in its hour,
And for me, now as then, it is too much.
There is too much world.”
― The Separate Notebooks

“government that breaks its own laws can also easily break you.”
― A Bend in the River
― A Bend in the River
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