Blame it or praise it, there is no denying the wild horse in us.
VIRGINIA WOOLFThe mind must be allowed to settle undisturbed over the object in order to secrete the pearl.
More Virginia Woolf Quotes
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I always had the deepest affection for people who carried sublime tears in their silences.
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Second hand books are wild books, homeless books; they have come together in vast flocks of variegated feather, and have a charm which the domesticated volumes of the library lack.
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All extremes of feeling are allied with madness.
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I would venture to guess that Anon, who wrote so many poems without signing them, was often a woman.
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I enjoy the spring more than the autumn now. One does, I think, as one gets older.
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Distorted realities have always been my cup of tea.
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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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I feel so intensely the delights of shutting oneself up in a little world of one’s own, with pictures and music and everything beautiful.
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We are the words; we are the music; we are the thing itself.
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I am made and remade continually. Different people draw different words from me.
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And yet, the only exciting life is the imaginary one.
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A feminist is any woman who tells the truth about her life.
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Books are the mirrors of the soul.
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I will go down with my colours flying.
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I meant to write about death, only life came breaking in as usual.
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