The mind must be allowed to settle undisturbed over the object in order to secrete the pearl.
VIRGINIA WOOLFThere is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind.
More Virginia Woolf Quotes
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Blame it or praise it, there is no denying the wild horse in us.
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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.
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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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Love, the poet said, is woman’s whole existence.
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For books continue each other, in spite of our habit of judging them separately.
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I feel all shadows of the universe multiplied deep inside my skin.
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When you consider things like the stars, our affairs don’t seem to matter very much, do they?
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But beauty must be broken daily to remain beautiful.
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I like going from one lighted room to another, such is my brain to me; lighted rooms.
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It might be possible that the world itself is without meaning.
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If you do not tell the truth about yourself you cannot tell it about other people.
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They went in and out of each other’s minds without any effort.
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Someone has to die in order that the rest of us should value life more.
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He smiled the most exquisite smile, veiled by memory, tinged by dreams.
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I am rooted, but I flow.
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