Women have served all these centuries as looking glasses possessing the power of reflecting the figure of man at twice its natural size.
VIRGINIA WOOLFLove, the poet said, is woman’s whole existence.
More Virginia Woolf Quotes
-
-
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.
VIRGINIA WOOLF -
I see you everywhere, in the stars, in the river, to me you’re everything that exists; the reality of everything.
VIRGINIA WOOLF -
We can best help you to prevent war not by repeating your words and following your methods but by finding new words and creating new methods.
VIRGINIA WOOLF -
I meant to write about death, only life came breaking in as usual.
VIRGINIA WOOLF -
In solitude we give passionate attention to our lives, to our memories, to the details around us.
VIRGINIA WOOLF -
Growing up is losing some illusions, in order to acquire others.
VIRGINIA WOOLF -
She always had the feeling that it was very, very dangerous to live even one day.
VIRGINIA WOOLF -
But beauty must be broken daily to remain beautiful.
VIRGINIA WOOLF -
You cannot find peace by avoiding life.
VIRGINIA WOOLF -
A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction.
VIRGINIA WOOLF -
He who robs us of our dreams robs us of our life.
VIRGINIA WOOLF -
I would venture to guess that Anon, who wrote so many poems without signing them, was often a woman.
VIRGINIA WOOLF -
Women and fiction remain, so far as I am concerned, unsolved problems.
VIRGINIA WOOLF -
It is a thousand pities never to say what one feels.
VIRGINIA WOOLF -
And yet, the only exciting life is the imaginary one.
VIRGINIA WOOLF