Better was it to go unknown and leave behind you an arch, t… - Virginia Woolf

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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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Virginia Woolf (25 January 1882 – 28 March 1941), born Adeline Virginia Stephen, was a British writer who is considered to be one of the foremost modernist/feminist literary figures of the twentieth century.

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Birth Name: Adeline Virginia Stephen

Alternative Names: Virginia Stephen • Adeline Virginia Woolf • Virginia Adeline Woolf • Adeline Virginia Stephen Woolf • Virginia Stephen Woolf

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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. - Virginia Woolf

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