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 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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Books are the mirrors of the soul.
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Until we can comprehend the beguiling beauty of a single flower, we are woefully unable to grasp the meaning and potential of life itself.
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Arrange whatever pieces come your way.
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Never let anybody guess that you have a mind of your own. Above all be pure.
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For this moment, this one moment, we are together. I press you to me. Come, pain, feed on me. Bury your fangs in my flesh. Tear me asunder. I sob, I sob.
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The eyes of others our prisons; their thoughts our cages.
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Why are women so much more interesting to men than men are to women?
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Love had a thousand shapes.
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Growing up is losing some illusions, in order to acquire others.
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Literature is strewn with the wreckage of those who have minded beyond reason the opinion of others.
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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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But beauty must be broken daily to remain beautiful.
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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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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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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