Internal growth and development were not entirely unaffected by my external environment. No amount of escapism, through either the physical or the mental outlets, could cushion me from the reality of what was taking place.

Sara Niles
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In the novel, The Catcher in the Rye, Holden Caulfield says that he was "not entirely unaffected by my external environment." He goes on to say that the world outside impacts him due to the fact that he "experienced a lot of things" and was "permanently affected by a lot of things."

Source: Torn From The Inside Out

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