Virginia Woolf ( 10 of 13 )
The man who is aware of himself is henceforward independent; and he is never bored, and life is only too read more
The man who is aware of himself is henceforward independent; and he is never bored, and life is only too short, and he is steeped through and through with a profound yet temperate happiness.
In solitude we give passionate attention to our lives, to our memories, to the details around us.
In solitude we give passionate attention to our lives, to our memories, to the details around us.
As a woman I have no country. As a woman my country is the whole world.
As a woman I have no country. As a woman my country is the whole world.
Each has his past shut in him like the leaves of a book known to him by heart and his read more
Each 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.
Life is a luminous halo, a semi-transparent envelope surrounding us from the beginning.
Life is a luminous halo, a semi-transparent envelope surrounding us from the beginning.
I feel certain that I'm going mad again. I feel we can't go through another of those terrible times. And read more
I feel certain that I'm going mad again. I feel we can't go through another of those terrible times. And I shan't recover this time. I begin to hear voices.
It is far harder to kill a phantom than a reality
It is far harder to kill a phantom than a reality
The first duty of a lecturer--to hand you after an hour's discourse a nugget of pure truth to wrap up read more
The first duty of a lecturer--to hand you after an hour's discourse a nugget of pure truth to wrap up between the pages of your notebooks and keep on the mantlepiece forever.
Language is wine upon the lips.
Language is wine upon the lips.
Some people go to priests; others to poetry; I to my friends.
Some people go to priests; others to poetry; I to my friends.
