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Virginia Woolf quotes about reading

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

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To admit authorities, however heavily furred and gowned, into our libraries and let them tell us how to read, what to read, what value to place upon what we read, is to destroy the spirit of freedom which is the breath of those sanctuaries. Everywhere else we may be bound by laws and conventions—there we have none. Virginia Woolf
Virginia Woolf quote: "Like most uneducated Englishwomen, I like reading--I like..."
Like most uneducated Englishwomen, I like reading--I like reading books in the bulk. Virginia Woolf
Virginia Woolf quote: "Nothing induces me to read a novel except when I have to make..."
Nothing induces me to read a novel except when I have to make money by writing about it. I detest them. Virginia Woolf
For once the disease of reading has laid upon the system it weakens so that it falls an easy prey to that other scourge which dwells in the ink pot and festers in the quill. The wretch takes to writing. 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
He lay on his chair with his hands clasped above his paunch not reading, or sleeping, but basking like a creature gorged with existence. Virginia Woolf
Virginia Woolf quote: "Once she knows how to read there's only one thing you can..."
Once she knows how to read there's only one thing you can teach her to believe in and that is herself. Virginia Woolf
Virginia Woolf quote: "Sometimes I think heaven must be one continuous unexhausted..."
Sometimes I think heaven must be one continuous unexhausted reading. Virginia Woolf
Virginia Woolf quote: "She read everything."
She read everything. Virginia Woolf
What's the use trying to read Shakespeare, especially in one of those little paper editions whose pages get ruffled, or stuck together with sea-water? Virginia Woolf
Virginia Woolf quote: "No decent man ought to read Shakespeare's sonnets because it..."
No decent man ought to read Shakespeare's sonnets because it was like listening at keyholes. Virginia Woolf
Virginia Woolf quote: "Often on a wet day I begin counting up; what I've read and..."
Often on a wet day I begin counting up; what I've read and what I haven't read. Virginia Woolf

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