Style is a very simple matter; it is all rhythm. Once you get that, yo…

Virginia Woolf
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Style is a very simple matter; it is all rhythm. Once you get that, you can't use the wrong words. ✨ Virginia Woolf (1975). The letters of Virginia Woolf
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