Quote by Edie Sedgwick

I lived a very isolated life. When you start at 20, you have a lot of nonsense to work out of your system.

I lived a very isolated life. When you start at 20, you have

Summary

The quote suggests that the speaker led a solitary existence and experienced a lack of social engagement. Beginning life at the age of 20, they imply that they needed to go through a phase of self-discovery and personal growth, perhaps reckoning with immaturity or making unwise decisions. The comment implies that this isolation allowed the individual to learn from their mistakes and clear their life of unnecessary distractions or behaviours that hindered personal development.

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Life Work System

By Edie Sedgwick

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