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“One's thoughts are one's most crucial adventures. Seriously and strongly and intently to contemplate doing murder is everyway more exciting, more romantic, more profoundly tragic than the murder done.”

Quote by Mary MacLane

Book:Human Days: A Mary MacLane Reader

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Human Days: A Mary MacLane Reader

This reader compiles the works of Mary MacLane, a 20th-century American writer, offering a glimpse into her introspective and often raw accounts of her personal life and societal observations. more

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Mary MacLane (May 1, 1881 - August 6, 1929) was an American writer known for her autobiographical work, 'Mary MacLane: Autobiography of a Female Impersonator'. Her work, praised for its honesty and bluntness, had a significant impact on American literature in the early 20th century. more

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