Helen Dawes BrownShe fancied herself superiour to her surroundings: surely there were higher things to live for. Yet the ugliness of this room was but a part of what she felt to be the dreariness of all life outside of books.
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When you live alone, you look down on those around. You see people as lesser and less beautiful than yourself and you think that there are higher and better things out there to live for. Yet, the ugliness of this room is but a part of what she felt was the dreariness of all life outside of books.
Source: Two College Girls
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