The difference is great between one's outside life, the things which h…

Charlotte Perkins Gilman
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The difference is great between one's outside life, the things which happen to one, incidents, pains and pleasures, and one's living. ✨ Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1935). The Living of Charlotte Perkins Gilman: An Autobiography, p.181, Univ of Wisconsin Press
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