Love is always being given where it is not required. ✨ Selected Letter…

E. M. Forster
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Love is always being given where it is not required. ✨ Selected Letters: Letter 137, to Syed Ross Masood, December 5, 1914.
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Love is always being given where it is not required. ✨ Selected Letters: Letter 137, to Syed Ross Masood, December 5, 1914.

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