Her only gift was knowing people almost by instinct, she thought, walk…

Virginia Woolf
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Her only gift was knowing people almost by instinct, she thought, walking on. If you put her in a room with someone, up went her back like a cat's; or she purred. ✨ Virginia Woolf (2007). Selected Works of Virginia Woolf, p.132, Wordsworth Editions
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Her only gift was knowing people almost by instinct, she thought, walking on. If you put her in a room with someone, up went her back like a cat's; or she purred. ✨ Virginia Woolf (2007). Selected Works of Virginia Woolf, p.132, Wordsworth Editions

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