Chastity ... has, even now, a religious importance in a woman's life, …

Virginia Woolf
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Chastity ... has, even now, a religious importance in a woman's life, and has so wrapped itself round with nerves and instincts that to cut it free and bring it to the light of day demands courage of the rarest. ✨ Virginia Woolf (2007). Selected Works of Virginia Woolf, p.594, Wordsworth Editions
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