A masterpiece is something said once and for all, stated, finished, so that it's there complete in the mind, if only at the back.

Quote by Virginia Woolf

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There can be no two opinions as to what a highbrow is. He is the...

There can be no two opinions as to what a highbrow is. He is the...

If we didn't live venturously, plucking the wild goat by the beard, and trembling over...

If we didn't live venturously, plucking the wild goat by the beard, and trembling over...

That great Cathedral space which was childhood.

That great Cathedral space which was childhood.

As a woman, I have no country. As a woman my country is the world.

As a woman, I have no country. As a woman my country is the world.

Let a man get up and say, Behold, this is the truth, and instantly I...

Let a man get up and say, Behold, this is the truth, and instantly I...

One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.

One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.

It is fatal to be a man or woman pure and simple: one must be...

It is fatal to be a man or woman pure and simple: one must be...

As a woman I have no country. As a woman my country is the whole...

As a woman I have no country. As a woman my country is the whole...

Why are women... so much more interesting to men than men are to women?

Why are women... so much more interesting to men than men are to women?

Some people go to priests; others to poetry; I to my friends.

Some people go to priests; others to poetry; I to my friends.

Each has his past shut in him like the leaves of a book known to...

Each has his past shut in him like the leaves of a book known to...

I was in a queer mood, thinking myself very old: but now I am a...

I was in a queer mood, thinking myself very old: but now I am a...

A woman must have money and room of her own if she is to write...

A woman must have money and room of her own if she is to write...

This soul, or life within us, by no means agrees with the life outside us....

This soul, or life within us, by no means agrees with the life outside us....

You send a boy to school in order to make friends - the right sort.

You send a boy to school in order to make friends - the right sort.

Against you I will fling myself, unvanquished and unyielding, O Death!

Against you I will fling myself, unvanquished and unyielding, O Death!

Money dignifies what is frivolous if unpaid for.

Money dignifies what is frivolous if unpaid for.

Humor is the first of the gifts to perish in a foreign tongue

Humor is the first of the gifts to perish in a foreign tongue

Immortality is not a gift, Immortality is an achievement; And only those who strive mightily...

Immortality is not a gift, Immortality is an achievement; And only those who strive mightily...

Blessed are they who have the gift of making friends, for it is one of...

Blessed are they who have the gift of making friends, for it is one of...

Ask me no questions, and I'll tell you no lies.

Ask me no questions, and I'll tell you no lies.