That would be a glorious life, to addict oneself to perfection; to fol…

Virginia Woolf
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That would be a glorious life, to addict oneself to perfection; to follow the curve of the sentence wherever it might lead, into deserts, under drifts of sand, regardless of lures, of seductions; to be poor always and unkempt; to be ridiculous in Piccadilly. ✨ Virginia Woolf (2016). The Waves, p.63, Virginia Woolf
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