Why have I so little control? It is the case of much waste and pain in…

Virginia Woolf
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Why have I so little control? It is the case of much waste and pain in my life. ✨ A Moment's Liberty. Book by Virginia Woolf, Wednesday 15 September, 1926, 1990.
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Why have I so little control? It is the case of much waste and pain in my life. ✨ A Moment's Liberty. Book by Virginia Woolf, Wednesday 15 September, 1926, 1990.

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