Consolation for those moments when you can’t tell whether you’re the divinest genius or the greatest fool in the world.
VIRGINIA WOOLFEach has his past shut in him like the leaves of a book known to him by heart and his friends can only read the title.
More Virginia Woolf Quotes
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The extraordinary woman depends on the ordinary woman.
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Never let anybody guess that you have a mind of your own. Above all be pure.
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Yes, I deserve a spring – I owe nobody nothing.
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I always had the deepest affection for people who carried sublime tears in their silences.
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Distorted realities have always been my cup of tea.
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The mind must be allowed to settle undisturbed over the object in order to secrete the pearl.
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I feel so intensely the delights of shutting oneself up in a little world of one’s own, with pictures and music and everything beautiful.
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Moments like this are buds on the tree of life. Flowers of darkness they are.
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I see you everywhere, in the stars, in the river, to me you’re everything that exists; the reality of everything.
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There is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind.
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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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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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The most extraordinary thing about writing is that when you’ve struck the right vein, tiredness goes. It must be an effort, thinking wrong.
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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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Just in case you ever foolishly forget; I’m never not thinking of you.
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