Never let anybody guess that you have a mind of your own. Above all be pure.
VIRGINIA WOOLFAnything may happen when womanhood has ceased to be a protected occupation.
More Virginia Woolf Quotes
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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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And yet, the only exciting life is the imaginary one.
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Moments like this are buds on the tree of life. Flowers of darkness they are.
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They went in and out of each other’s minds without any effort.
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Love, the poet said, is woman’s whole existence.
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A light here required a shadow there.
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Growing up is losing some illusions, in order to acquire others.
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Distorted realities have always been my cup of tea.
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I have a deeply hidden and inarticulate desire for something beyond the daily life.
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The depths of the sea are only water after all.
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It was a silly, silly dream, being unhappy.
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In solitude we give passionate attention to our lives, to our memories, to the details around us.
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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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Nothing thicker than a knife’s blade separates happiness from melancholy.
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When I cannot see words curling like rings of smoke round me I am in darkness – I am nothing.
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