Quote#Wisdom
You think you have mastered it [the wallpaper pattern], but just as…
Quote byCharlotte Perkins Gilman · 1860–1935
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: "The Yellow Wallpaper" (1891).
English (original)
You think you have mastered it [the wallpaper pattern], but just as you get well under way in following, it turns a back-somersault and there you are. It slaps you in the face, knocks you down, and tramples upon you.
— Charlotte Perkins Gilman
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