She thought there were no Gods; no one was to blame; and so she evolve…

Virginia Woolf
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She thought there were no Gods; no one was to blame; and so she evolved this atheist's religion of doing good for the sake of goodness. ✨ Virginia Woolf (2012). Mrs. Dalloway - Broadview Edition, p.107, Broadview Press
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