I feel my brains, like a pear, to see if it's ripe; it will be exquisi…

Virginia Woolf
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I feel my brains, like a pear, to see if it's ripe; it will be exquisite by September. ✨ Virginia Woolf (1975). The Letters of Virginia Woolf: 1888-1912 (Virginia Stephen), Harcourt on Demand
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