The beauty of the world, which is so soon to perish, has two edges, on…

Virginia Woolf
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The beauty of the world, which is so soon to perish, has two edges, one of laughter, one of anguish, cutting the heart asunder. ✨ Virginia Woolf (2007). Selected Works of Virginia Woolf, p.573, Wordsworth Editions
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