Quote by Virginia Woolf

I have seen very few people. Nessa came again. How painful these meetings are! Let me try to analyse. Perhaps it is that we both feel that we can exist independently of the other. The door shuts between us, and life flows on again and completely removes the trace. That is an absurd exaggeration.

I have seen very few people. Nessa came again. How painful t

Summary

This quote suggests that the speaker has had limited interactions with people, and one of these encounters was with someone named Nessa. The speaker finds these meetings to be painful and attempts to analyze the reason behind it. One possibility is that both the speaker and Nessa feel they can exist independently of each other, causing a disconnect when they part ways. The speaker reflects on how life goes on, erasing any trace of their encounter, though acknowledging that describing it as completely removing the trace is an exaggerated and absurd notion.

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Life People Door Meeting

By Virginia Woolf

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