I worship you, but I loathe marriage. I hate its smugness, its safety,…

Virginia Woolf
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I worship you, but I loathe marriage. I hate its smugness, its safety, its compromise and the thought of you interfering with my work, hindering me; what would you answer? ✨ Virginia Woolf (2013). Delphi Complete Works of Virginia Woolf (Illustrated), p.218, Delphi Classics
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