Ruin, weariness, death, perpetually death, stand grimly to confront th…

Virginia Woolf
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Ruin, weariness, death, perpetually death, stand grimly to confront the other presence of Elizabethan drama which is life: life compact of frigates, fir trees and ivory, of dolphins and the juice of July flowers, of the milk of unicorns and panthers’ breath, of ropes of pearl, brains of peacocks and Cretan wine. ✨ Virginia Woolf (2013). The Common Reader, p.56, Lulu Press, Inc
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