To whom can I expose the urgency of my own passion?…There is nobody

Virginia Woolf
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To whom can I expose the urgency of my own passion?…There is nobody—here among these grey arches, and moaning pigeons, and cheerful games and tradition and emulation, all so skilfully organised to prevent feeling alone. ✨ Virginia Woolf (2005). The Waves, p.43, Collector's Library
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