Virginia Woolf
England
25 Jan 1882 // 28 Mar 1941
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25 Jan 1882 // 28 Mar 1941
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I can only note that the past is beautiful because one never realises an emotion at the time. It expands later, and thus we don't have complete emotions about the present, only about the past.
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