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Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse Quotes: The very stone one kicks with one's boot will outlast Shakespeare.
         

The very stone one kicks with one's boot will outlast Shakespeare.


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The very stone one kicks with one's boot will outlast Shakespeare.
         



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