Illusions are to the soul what atmosphere is to the earth.
VIRGINIA WOOLFAnything may happen when womanhood has ceased to be a protected occupation.
More Virginia Woolf Quotes
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Love, the poet said, is woman’s whole existence.
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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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It was a silly, silly dream, being unhappy.
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I meant to write about death, only life came breaking in as usual.
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We are the words; we are the music; we are the thing itself.
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Nothing thicker than a knife’s blade separates happiness from melancholy.
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Growing up is losing some illusions, in order to acquire others.
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Better was it to go unknown and leave behind you an arch, then to burn like a meteor and leave no dust.
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Yes, I deserve a spring – I owe nobody nothing.
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I am in the mood to dissolve in the sky.
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Style is a very simple matter; it is all rhythm. Once you get that, you can’t use the wrong words.
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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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In solitude we give passionate attention to our lives, to our memories, to the details around us.
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Women have burnt like beacons in all the works of all the poets from the beginning of time.
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For books continue each other, in spite of our habit of judging them separately.
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