Somewhere, everywhere, now hidden, now apparent in what ever is writte…

Virginia Woolf
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Somewhere, everywhere, now hidden, now apparent in what ever is written down, is the form of a human being. If we seek to know him, are we idly occupied? ✨ The Captain's Death Bed, 'Reading' (published 1950).
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Somewhere, everywhere, now hidden, now apparent in what ever is written down, is the form of a human being. If we seek to know him, are we idly occupied? ✨ The Captain's Death Bed, 'Reading' (published 1950).

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