But language is wine upon his lips — Virginia Woolf, Jacob's Room
But language is wine upon his lips — Virginia Woolf, Jacob's Room
But language is wine upon his lips — Virginia Woolf, Jacob's Room
But language is wine upon his lips — Virginia Woolf, Jacob's Room
But language is wine upon his lips — Virginia Woolf, Jacob's Room
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But language is wine upon his lips

— Virginia Woolf, Jacob's Room
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