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People in the world can never imagine the length of days to those in asylums. They seemed never ending, and we welcomed

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"People in the world can never imagine the length of days to those in asylums. They seemed never ending, and we welcomed any event that might give us something to think about as well as talk of"

- Nellie Bly

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This quote is written / told by Nellie Bly between May 5, 1864 and January 27, 1922. He/she was a famous Journalist from USA. The author also have 18 other quotes.

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