They lack suggestive power. And when a book lacks suggestive power, ho…

Virginia Woolf
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They lack suggestive power. And when a book lacks suggestive power, however hard it hits the surface of the mind it cannot penetrate within. ✨ Virginia Woolf (2007). Selected Works of Virginia Woolf, p.626, Wordsworth Editions
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