It was then that the ecstasy and the dream began, in which emotion was…

Thomas Hardy
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It was then that the ecstasy and the dream began, in which emotion was the matter of the universe, and matter but an adventitious intrusion likely to hinder you from spinning where you wanted to spin. ✨ Thomas Hardy (2016). Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman, p.76, Thomas Hardy
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It was then that the ecstasy and the dream began, in which emotion was the matter of the universe, and matter but an adventitious intrusion likely to hinder you from spinning where you wanted to spin. ✨ Thomas Hardy (2016). Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman, p.76, Thomas Hardy

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