Besides, in this random miscellaneous company we may rub against some …

Virginia Woolf
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Besides, in this random miscellaneous company we may rub against some complete stranger who will, with luck, turn into the best friend we have in the world. ✨ Virginia Woolf (2009). Selected Essays, p.311, OUP Oxford
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