She was like a woman of Leonardo da Vinci’s, whom we love not so much for herself as for the things that she will not tell us.
from A Room with a View by E.M. Forster, 1908
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She was like a woman of Leonardo da Vinci’s, whom we love not so much for herself as for the things that she will not tell us.
from A Room with a View by E.M. Forster, 1908
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The perfect quote for the enigmatic lady in your photo. 🙂
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🙂
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A beguiling woman in the photo, and beguiling words to accompany the art. Love it. Happy weekend 🙂
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Thank you!
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One of my favorite films!
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I’ll have to watch that again, it’s been many years.
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Oh how I loved this post, Sylvia. I just finished reading a string of his novels, each one a particularly profound work of art. Thank you.
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I have Howard’s End lined up after this one. It’s been interesting to revisit this work again.
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