It is dull enough to confuse the eye in following, pronounced enough t…

Charlotte Perkins Gilman
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It is dull enough to confuse the eye in following, pronounced enough to constantly irritate and provoke study, and when you follow the lame uncertain curves for a little distance they suddenly commit suicide—plunge off at outrageous angles, destroy themselves in unheard of contradictions. ✨ Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1999). The Charlotte Perkins Gilman Reader, p.5, University of Virginia Press
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