But he could not taste, he could not feel. In the teashop among the tables and the chattering … - Virginia Woolf

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Happiness mainly comes from our own attitude, rather than from external factors.

Virginia Woolf

But he could not taste, he could not feel. In the teashop among the tables and the chattering waiters the appalling fear came over him- he could not feel. He could reason; he could read, Dante for example, quite easily…he could add up his bill; his brain was perfect; it must be the fault of the world then- that he could not feel.

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