The mind must be allowed to settle undisturbed over the object in order to secrete the pearl.
VIRGINIA WOOLFI need not hate any man; he cannot hurt me. I need not flatter any man; he has nothing to give me.
More Virginia Woolf Quotes
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Anything may happen when womanhood has ceased to be a protected occupation.
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And all the lives we ever lived and all the lives to be are full of trees and changing leaves.
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It might be possible that the world itself is without meaning.
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Blame it or praise it, there is no denying the wild horse in us.
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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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She always had the feeling that it was very, very dangerous to live even one day.
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And all the lives we ever lived and all the lives to be are full of trees and changing leaves.
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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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To make ideas effective, we must be able to fire them off. We must put them into action.
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Yes, I deserve a spring – I owe nobody nothing.
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One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.
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A veil of insanity everywhere: Oh why I was born in this age? It is a terrible age.
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Humor is the first of the gifts to perish in a foreign tongue.
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A light here required a shadow there.
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Illness is a part of every human being’s experience. It enhances our perceptions and reduces self-consciousness. It is the great confessional; things are said, truths are blurted out which health conceals.
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