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I think that if i get into the habit of writing a bit about what happens, or rather doesn't happen, i may lose a little of the sense of isolation and desolation which abides with me. my circumstances allowing of nothing but the ejaculation of one-syllabled reflections, a written monologue by that most interesting being, myself, may have its yet to be discovered consolations.
-Alice James
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Alice James
I think that if i get into the habit of writing a bit about what happens, or rather doesn't happen, i may lose a little of the sense of isolation and desolation which abides with me. my circumstances allowing of nothing but the ejaculation of one-syllabled reflections, a written monologue by that most interesting being, myself, may have its yet to be discovered consolations.
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