Doctoring her seemed to her as absurd as putting together the pieces o…

Leo Tolstoy
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Doctoring her seemed to her as absurd as putting together the pieces of a broken vase. Her heart was broken. Why would they try to cure her with pills and powders? ✨ Leo Tolstoy (2013). Delphi Complete Works of Leo Tolstoy (Illustrated), p.2184, Delphi Classics
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Doctoring her seemed to her as absurd as putting together the pieces of a broken vase. Her heart was broken. Why would they try to cure her with pills and powders? ✨ Leo Tolstoy (2013). Delphi Complete Works of Leo Tolstoy (Illustrated), p.2184, Delphi Classics

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