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The color is repellent, almost revolting: a smouldering unclean…

Quote byCharlotte Perkins Gilman · 1860–1935

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: "The Yellow Wallpaper" (1891).

English (original)

The color is repellent, almost revolting: a smouldering unclean yellow, strangely faded by the slow-turning sunlight.

— Charlotte Perkins Gilman

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