A sort of transaction went on between them, in which she was on one si…

Virginia Woolf
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A sort of transaction went on between them, in which she was on one side, and life was on another, and she was always trying to get the better of it, as it was of her. ✨ Virginia Woolf (2007). Selected Works of Virginia Woolf, p.294, Wordsworth Editions
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A sort of transaction went on between them, in which she was on one side, and life was on another, and she was always trying to get the better of it, as it was of her. ✨ Virginia Woolf (2007). Selected Works of Virginia Woolf, p.294, Wordsworth Editions

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