He smiled the most exquisite smile, veiled by memory, tinged by dreams…

Virginia Woolf
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He smiled the most exquisite smile, veiled by memory, tinged by dreams. ✨ Virginia Woolf (2013). Delphi Complete Works of Virginia Woolf (Illustrated), p.1058, Delphi Classics
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