For beyond the difficulty of communicating oneself, there is the supre…

Virginia Woolf
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For beyond the difficulty of communicating oneself, there is the supreme difficulty of being oneself. ✨ Virginia Woolf (2013). Delphi Complete Works of Virginia Woolf (Illustrated), p.2279, Delphi Classics
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