And again she felt alone in the presence of her old antagonist, life. …

Virginia Woolf
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And again she felt alone in the presence of her old antagonist, life. ✨ Virginia Woolf (2007). Selected Works of Virginia Woolf, p.306, Wordsworth Editions
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