In the 18th century we knew how everything was done, but here I rise t…

Virginia Woolf
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In the 18th century we knew how everything was done, but here I rise through the air, I listen to voices in America, I see men flying- but how is it done? I can't even begin to wonder. So my belief in magic returns. ✨ Virginia Woolf (2007). Selected Works of Virginia Woolf, p.544, Wordsworth Editions
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