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.
VIRGINIA WOOLFSecond 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.
VIRGINIA WOOLFUntil we can comprehend the beguiling beauty of a single flower, we are woefully unable to grasp the meaning and potential of life itself.
VIRGINIA WOOLFLock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind.
VIRGINIA WOOLFHe smiled the most exquisite smile, veiled by memory, tinged by dreams.
VIRGINIA WOOLFMoments like this are buds on the tree of life. Flowers of darkness they are.
VIRGINIA WOOLFI need silence, and to be alone and to go out, and to save one hour to consider what has happened to my world, what death has done to my world.
VIRGINIA WOOLFI like people to be unhappy because I like them to have souls.
VIRGINIA WOOLFLove, the poet said, is woman’s whole existence.
VIRGINIA WOOLFStyle is a very simple matter; it is all rhythm. Once you get that, you can’t use the wrong words.
VIRGINIA WOOLFWhen you consider things like the stars, our affairs don’t seem to matter very much, do they?
VIRGINIA WOOLFIntimacy is a difficult art.
VIRGINIA WOOLFWomen have burnt like beacons in all the works of all the poets from the beginning of time.
VIRGINIA WOOLFA self that goes on changing is a self that goes on living.
VIRGINIA WOOLFHumor is the first of the gifts to perish in a foreign tongue.
VIRGINIA WOOLFArrange whatever pieces come your way.
VIRGINIA WOOLFThere was a star riding through clouds one night, & I said to the star, ‘Consume me
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