Her mind was an hotel where facts came and went like transient lodgers, without leaving their address behind, and frequently without paying for their board. (Edith Wharton)

Her mind was an hotel where facts came and went like transient lodgers, without leaving their address behind, and frequently without paying for their board.

Edith Wharton

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