In any case life is but a procession of shadows, and God knows why it …

Virginia Woolf
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In any case life is but a procession of shadows, and God knows why it is that we embrace them so eagerly, and see them depart with such anguish, being shadows. ✨ Virginia Woolf (2013). Delphi Complete Works of Virginia Woolf (Illustrated), p.766, Delphi Classics
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