and then he could not see her come into a room without a sense of the flowing of robes, of the flowering of blossoms, of the purple waves of the sea, of all things that are lovely and mutable on the surface but still and passionate in their heart. β¨ Virginia Woolf (2013). Delphi Complete Works of Virginia Woolf (Illustrated), p.506, Delphi Classics
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