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Travelers are much at the mercy of phrases ... vast generalizations formulate in their exposed brains.
Virginia Woolf
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Virginia Woolf
Age: 59 †
Born: 1882
Born: January 25
Died: 1941
Died: March 28
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I'm terrified of passive acquiescence. I live in intensity.
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The weather varies between heavy fog and pale sunshine My thoughts follow the exact same process.
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I see through most people I'm hardly ever wrong. I see at once what they've got in them.
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If this were the time or the place to uphold a paradox, I am half inclined to state that Norfolk is one of the most beautiful of counties.
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Criticism? An artist wants praise. Praise.
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