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Virginia Woolf quotes

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

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Virginia Woolf quote: "Truth had run through my fingers. Every drop had escaped."
Truth had run through my fingers. Every drop had escaped. Virginia Woolf
Virginia Woolf quote: "I prefer men to cauliflowers"
I prefer men to cauliflowers Virginia Woolf
We were full of experiments and reforms, we were going to do without table napkins. Everything was going to be new, everything was going to be different. Everything was on trial. Virginia Woolf
Virginia Woolf quote: "Literature is strewn with the wreckage of those who have..."
Literature is strewn with the wreckage of those who have minded beyond reason the opinion of others. Virginia Woolf
Virginia Woolf quote: "I am made and remade continually. Different people draw..."
I am made and remade continually. Different people draw different words from me. Virginia Woolf
Better was it to go unknown and leave behind you an arch, a potting shed, a wall where peaches ripen, than to burn like a meteor and leave no dust. Virginia Woolf
Virginia Woolf quote: "The lake of my mind, unbroken by oars, heaves placidly and..."
The lake of my mind, unbroken by oars, heaves placidly and soon sinks into an oily somnolence? That will be useful. Virginia Woolf
Virginia Woolf quote: "It is no use trying to sum people up."
It is no use trying to sum people up. Virginia Woolf
Virginia Woolf quote: "Illusions are to the soul what atmosphere is to the earth."
Illusions are to the soul what atmosphere is to the earth. Virginia Woolf
[She was singing] a senseless singsong, so that several park keepers looked at her with suspicion and were only brought to a favorable opinion of her sanity by noticing the pearl necklace she wore. Virginia Woolf
Virginia Woolf quote: "Humor is the first of the gifts to perish in a foreign tongue."
Humor is the first of the gifts to perish in a foreign tongue. Virginia Woolf
To want and not to have, sent all up her body a hardness, a hollowness, a strain. And then to want and not to have- to want and want- how that wrung the heart, and wrung it again and again! Virginia Woolf
Virginia Woolf quote: "I do not want to be admired. I want to give, to be given, and..."
I do not want to be admired. I want to give, to be given, and solitude in which to unfold my possessions. Virginia Woolf
Virginia Woolf quote: "I want to give, to be given, and solitude in which to unfold..."
I want to give, to be given, and solitude in which to unfold my possessions. Virginia Woolf
Virginia Woolf quote: "Blame it or praise it, there is no denying the wild horse in us."
Blame it or praise it, there is no denying the wild horse in us. Virginia Woolf

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