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Virginia Woolf quotes about him

British Author, Composer, Writer January 25, 1882 – March 28, 1941

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For they might be parted for hundreds of years, she and Peter; she never wrote a letter and his were dry sticks; but suddenly it would come over her, If he were with me now what would he say? --some days, some sights bringing him back to her calmly, without the old bitterness; which perhaps was the reward of having cared for people; they came back in the middle of St. James's Park on a fine morning--indeed they did. Virginia Woolf
Poor little place,' he murmured with a sigh. She heard him. He said the most melancholy things, but she noticed that directly he had said them he always seemed more cheerful than usual. All this phrase-making was a game, she thought, for if she had said half what he said, she would have blown her brains out by now. Virginia Woolf
Virginia Woolf quote: "But then anyone who's worth anything reads just what he likes,..."
But then anyone who's worth anything reads just what he likes, as the mood takes him, and with extravagant enthusiasm. Virginia Woolf
Virginia Woolf quote: "anyone who’s worth anything reads just what he likes, as the..."
anyone who’s worth anything reads just what he likes, as the mood takes him, and with extravagant enthusiasm. Virginia Woolf
Virginia Woolf quote: "There was a serenity about him always that had the look of..."
There was a serenity about him always that had the look of innocence, when, technically, the word was no longer applicable. Virginia Woolf
Somewhere, everywhere, now hidden, now apparent in what ever is written down, is the form of a human being. If we seek to know him, are we idly occupied? Virginia Woolf
Virginia Woolf quote: "Do not dictate to your author try to become him. Be his..."
Do not dictate to your author try to become him. Be his fellow-worker and accomplice. Virginia Woolf
Virginia Woolf quote: "Ransack the language as he might, words failed him. He wanted..."
Ransack the language as he might, words failed him. He wanted another landscape, and another tongue. Virginia Woolf
Virginia Woolf quote: "For the film maker must come by his convention, as painters..."
For the film maker must come by his convention, as painters and writers and musicians have done before him. Virginia Woolf
Virginia Woolf quote: "The only thing to do was to pelt him with sugared almonds."
The only thing to do was to pelt him with sugared almonds. Virginia Woolf

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