A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction.
VIRGINIA WOOLFBut beauty must be broken daily to remain beautiful.
More Virginia Woolf Quotes
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Illusions are to the soul what atmosphere is to the earth.
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One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.
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The mind must be allowed to settle undisturbed over the object in order to secrete the pearl.
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I like people to be unhappy because I like them to have souls.
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There is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind.
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When I cannot see words curling like rings of smoke round me I am in darkness – I am nothing.
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I meant to write about death, only life came breaking in as usual.
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Women and fiction remain, so far as I am concerned, unsolved problems.
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Why are women so much more interesting to men than men are to women?
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Thinking is my fighting.
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Anything may happen when womanhood has ceased to be a protected occupation.
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I will go down with my colours flying.
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Nothing thicker than a knife’s blade separates happiness from melancholy.
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But beauty must be broken daily to remain beautiful.
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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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