“Isn't life,' she stammered, 'isn't life--' But what life was she couldn't explain. No matter. He quite understood.

'Isn't it, darling?' said Laurie.”

— Katherine Mansfield

Source: The Garden Party and Other Stories

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New Zealand author 1888–1923

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