No, she thought, one could say nothing to nobody. The urgency of the m…

Virginia Woolf
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No, she thought, one could say nothing to nobody. The urgency of the moment always missed its mark. Words fluttered sideways and struck the object inches too low. ✨ Virginia Woolf (2016). To the Lighthouse, p.166, Tyché
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