The interest in life does not lie in what people do, nor even in their…

Virginia Woolf
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The interest in life does not lie in what people do, nor even in their relations to each other, but largely in the power to communicate with a third party, antagonistic, enigmatic, yet perhaps persuadable, which one may call life in general. ✨ 1925 The Common Reader, 'On Not Knowing Greek'.
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The interest in life does not lie in what people do, nor even in their relations to each other, but largely in the power to communicate with a third party, antagonistic, enigmatic, yet perhaps persuadable, which one may call life in general. ✨ 1925 The Common Reader, 'On Not Knowing Greek'.

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