We live in our own souls as in an unmapped region, a few acres of whic…

Edith Wharton
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We live in our own souls as in an unmapped region, a few acres of which we have cleared for our habitation; while of the nature of those nearest us we know but the boundaries that march with ours. ✨ Edith Wharton (2016). The Touchstone: American Literature, p.36, VM eBooks
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We live in our own souls as in an unmapped region, a few acres of which we have cleared for our habitation; while of the nature of those nearest us we know but the boundaries that march with ours. ✨ Edith Wharton (2016). The Touchstone: American Literature, p.36, VM eBooks

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