At one and the same time, therefore, society is everything and society…

Virginia Woolf
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At one and the same time, therefore, society is everything and society is nothing. Society is the most powerful concoction in the world and society has no existence whatsoever ✨ Virginia Woolf (1995). Orlando: A Biography, p.95, Wordsworth Editions
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