How then did it work out, all this? How did one judge people, think of…

Virginia Woolf
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How then did it work out, all this? How did one judge people, think of them? How did one add up this and that and conclude that it is liking one felt, or disliking? ✨ Virginia Woolf (2013). Delphi Complete Works of Virginia Woolf (Illustrated), p.1004, Delphi Classics
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