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“Vain trifles as they seem, clothes have, they say, more important offices than to merely keep us warm. They change our view of the world and the world's view of us.”
― Virginia Woolf, Orlando

“...it struck her, this was tragedy-- not palls, dust, and the shroud; but children coerced, their spirits subdued.”
― Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse

“Who cares?' said Judy, who didn't care.”
― Grace Paley, Enormous Changes at the Last Minute: Stories

“When, on a moonlit night, you see a wide village street with its peasant houses, haystacks, sleeping willows, tranquility enters the soul; in this calm, wrapped in the shade of night, free from struggle, anxiety and passion, everything is gentle, wistful, beautiful, and it seems that the stars are watching over it tenderly and with love, and that this is taking place somewhere unearthly, and that all is well.”
― Anton Chekhov, About Love: Three Stories