Virginia Woolf Quotes

Most of a modest woman's life was spent, after all, in denying what, in one day at least of every year, was made obvious.

Virginia Woolf

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• Most of a modest woman's life was spent, after all, in denying what, in one day at least of every year, was made obvious.

  

  Virginia Woolf
  • Day
  • Made
  • Obvious