“Talk of solitude (...). It is the last resort of the civilised: our souls are so creased and soured in meaning we can only unfold them when we are alone. (5/4/1927 - From a Letter to Vita Sackville-West)”
Quote by Virginia Woolf
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The Letters of Virginia Woolf: Volume Three, 1923-1928
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