It was as if someone had taken a tiny bead of pure life and decking it…

Virginia Woolf
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It was as if someone had taken a tiny bead of pure life and decking it as lightly as possible with down and feathers, had set it dancing and zigzagging to show us the true nature of life. ✨ Virginia Woolf (2013). Delphi Complete Works of Virginia Woolf (Illustrated), p.2897, Delphi Classics
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It was as if someone had taken a tiny bead of pure life and decking it as lightly as possible with down and feathers, had set it dancing and zigzagging to show us the true nature of life. ✨ Virginia Woolf (2013). Delphi Complete Works of Virginia Woolf (Illustrated), p.2897, Delphi Classics

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