Green in nature is one thing, green in literature another. Nature and …

Virginia Woolf
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Green in nature is one thing, green in literature another. Nature and letters seem to have a natural antipathy; bring them together and they tear each other to pieces. ✨ Virginia Woolf, Michael H. Whitworth (2014). Orlando: A Biography, p.13, Oxford University Press, USA
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Green in nature is one thing, green in literature another. Nature and letters seem to have a natural antipathy; bring them together and they tear each other to pieces. ✨ Virginia Woolf, Michael H. Whitworth (2014). Orlando: A Biography, p.13, Oxford University Press, USA

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