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Virginia Woolf quotes

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

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Virginia Woolf quote: "Whatever may be their use in civilized societies, mirrors are..."
Whatever may be their use in civilized societies, mirrors are essential to all violent and heroic action. Virginia Woolf
Virginia Woolf quote: "The poet gives us his essence, but prose takes the mold of the..."
The poet gives us his essence, but prose takes the mold of the body and mind. Virginia Woolf
I have made up thousands of stories; I have filled innumerable notebooks withphrases to be used when I have found the true story, the one story to which allthese phrases refer. But I have never yet found the story. And I begin to ask, Are there stories? Virginia Woolf
Virginia Woolf quote: "There is no doubt in my mind, that I have found out how to..."
There is no doubt in my mind, that I have found out how to begin (at 40) to say something in my own voice. Virginia Woolf
..the Lord who had come to renew society, who lay like a coverlet, a snow blanket smitten only by the sun, for ever unwasted, suffering for ever, the scapegoat, the eternal sufferer... Virginia Woolf
They are very large in effect, these painters; very little self-conscious; they have smooth broad spaces in their minds where I am all prickles & promontories. Virginia Woolf
Virginia Woolf quote: "To let oneself be carried on passively is unthinkable. ..."
To let oneself be carried on passively is unthinkable. ‘That’s your course, world,’ one says, ‘mine is this. Virginia Woolf
What is this terror? what is this ecstasy? he thought to himself. What is it that fills me with this extraordinary excitement? It is Clarissa, he said. For there she was. Virginia Woolf
Virginia Woolf quote: "She was like a crinkled poppy; with the desire to drink dry dust."
She was like a crinkled poppy; with the desire to drink dry dust. Virginia Woolf
Virginia Woolf quote: "Distorted realities have always been my cup of tea."
Distorted realities have always been my cup of tea. Virginia Woolf
Different though the sexes are, they inter-mix. In every human being a vacillation from one sex to the other takes place, and often it is only the clothes that keep the male or female likeness, while underneath the sex is the very opposite of what it is above. Virginia Woolf
Virginia Woolf quote: "What does the brain matter compared with the heart?"
What does the brain matter compared with the heart? Virginia Woolf
Virginia Woolf quote: "I ride rough waters, and shall sink with no one to save me."
I ride rough waters, and shall sink with no one to save me. Virginia Woolf
It was the stupidity of virility that impressed me--& how, having made those convenient railway lines of convention, the lusts speed along them unquestioning. Virginia Woolf
Virginia Woolf quote: "When you consider things like the stars, our affairs don't..."
When you consider things like the stars, our affairs don't seem to matter very much, do they? Virginia Woolf

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