Virginia Woolf
Virginia Woolf
Adeline Virginia Woolf, known professionally as Virginia Woolf, was an English writer and one of the foremost modernists of the twentieth century...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth25 January 1882
CityLondon, England
real book transition
At last she shut the book sharply, lay back, and drew a deep breath, expressive of the wonder which always marks the transition from the imaginary world to the real world.
greek useless language
It is useless to read Greek in translation; translators can but offer us a vague equivalent.
dream memories exquisite
He smiled the most exquisite smile, veiled by memory, tinged by dreams.
mind pure
Never let anybody guess that you have a mind of your own. Above all be pure
work father slavery
To depend upon a profession is a less odious form of slavery than to depend upon a father.
happiness beauty laughter
The beauty of the world, which is so soon to perish, has two edges, one of laughter, one of anguish, cutting the heart asunder.
funny friendship death
I have lost friends, some by death...others by sheer inability to cross the street.
peace war finding-the-one
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.
writing men hygiene
Literature is strewn with the wreckage of men who have minded beyond reason the opinions of others.
birthday hard-work age
It seems as if an age of genius must be succeeded by an age of endeavour; riot and extravagance by cleanliness and hard work.
expression giving able
Methinks the human method of expression by sound of tongue is very elementary, and ought to be substituted for some ingenious invention which should be able to give vent to at least six coherent sentences at once.
determination book creativity
It is worth mentioning, for future reference, that the creative power which bubbles so pleasantly in beginning a new book quiets down after a time, and one goes on more steadily. Doubts creep in. Then one becomes resigned. Determination not to give in, and the sense of an impending shape keep one at it more than anything.
self perception consciousness
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.
life sleep insomnia
Sleep, that deplorable curtailment of the joy of life.