Women have served all these centuries as looking glasses possessing the power of reflecting the figure of man at twice its natural size.
VIRGINIA WOOLFI feel so intensely the delights of shutting oneself up in a little world of one’s own, with pictures and music and everything beautiful.
More Virginia Woolf Quotes
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Illness is a part of every human being’s experience. It enhances our perceptions and reduces self-consciousness. It is the great confessional; things are said, truths are blurted out which health conceals.
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Until we can comprehend the beguiling beauty of a single flower, we are woefully unable to grasp the meaning and potential of life itself.
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Yes, I deserve a spring – I owe nobody nothing.
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Growing up is losing some illusions, in order to acquire others.
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Distorted realities have always been my cup of tea.
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I like people to be unhappy because I like them to have souls.
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And yet, the only exciting life is the imaginary one.
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It was a silly, silly dream, being unhappy.
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For books continue each other, in spite of our habit of judging them separately.
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Arrange whatever pieces come your way.
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I always had the deepest affection for people who carried sublime tears in their silences.
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A light here required a shadow there.
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When you consider things like the stars, our affairs don’t seem to matter very much, do they?
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There was a star riding through clouds one night, & I said to the star, ‘Consume me
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Be truthful, and the result is bound to be amazingly interesting.
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