One doesn't know, till one is a bit at odds with the world, how much o…

D. H. Lawrence
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One doesn't know, till one is a bit at odds with the world, how much one's friends who believe in one rather generously, mean to one. ✨ D. H. Lawrence, George J. Zytaruk, James T. Boulton (2002). The Letters of D. H. Lawrence, p.90, Cambridge University Press
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