She always had the feeling that it was very, very dangerous to live even one day.
VIRGINIA WOOLFI feel all shadows of the universe multiplied deep inside my skin.
More Virginia Woolf Quotes
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Growing up is losing some illusions, in order to acquire others.
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I see you everywhere, in the stars, in the river, to me you’re everything that exists; the reality of everything.
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I meant to write about death, only life came breaking in as usual.
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The most extraordinary thing about writing is that when you’ve struck the right vein, tiredness goes. It must be an effort, thinking wrong.
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But beauty must be broken daily to remain beautiful.
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Marvelous are the innocent.
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And yet, the only exciting life is the imaginary one.
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There was a star riding through clouds one night, & I said to the star, ‘Consume me
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To make ideas effective, we must be able to fire them off. We must put them into action.
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A light here required a shadow there.
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I can only note that the past is beautiful because one never realises an emotion at the time. It expands later, and thus we don’t have complete emotions about the present, only about the past.
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Books are the mirrors of the soul.
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I don’t believe in aging. I believe in forever altering one’s aspect to the sun.
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The truth is, I often like women. I like their unconventionality. I like their completeness. I like their anonymity.
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Someone has to die in order that the rest of us should value life more.
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