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Virginia Woolf

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Virginia Woolf
Age: 59 †
Born: 1882
Born: January 25
Died: 1941
Died: March 28
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Long ago I realized that no other person would be to me what you are.
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Safe! safe! safe!' the pulse of the house beats wildly. Waking, I cry 'Oh, is this your buried treasure? The light in the heart.
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I ride rough waters, and shall sink with no one to save me.
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He smiled the most exquisite smile, veiled by memory, tinged by dreams.
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Venerable are letters, infinitely brave, forlorn, and lost.
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