Peter would think her sentimental. So she was. For she had come to fee…

Virginia Woolf
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Peter would think her sentimental. So she was. For she had come to feel that it was the only thing worth saying – what one felt. Cleverness was silly. One must say simply what one felt. ✨ Virginia Woolf (2012). Mrs. Dalloway - Broadview Edition, p.191, Broadview Press
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Peter would think her sentimental. So she was. For she had come to feel that it was the only thing worth saying – what one felt. Cleverness was silly. One must say simply what one felt. ✨ Virginia Woolf (2012). Mrs. Dalloway - Broadview Edition, p.191, Broadview Press

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