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Virginia Woolf, Orlando Quotes: Better was it to go unknown and leave behind you an arch, then to burn like a meteor and leave no dust.
         

Better was it to go unknown and leave behind you an arch, then to burn like a meteor and leave no dust.


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Better was it to go unknown and leave behind you an arch, then to burn like a meteor and leave no dust.
         



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