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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It is curious how instinctively one protects the image of oneself from idolatry or any...

It is curious how instinctively one protects the image of oneself from idolatry or any...

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

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

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.

If we help an educated man's daughter to go to Cambridge are we not forcing...

If we help an educated man's daughter to go to Cambridge are we not forcing...

I would venture to guess that Anon, who wrote so many poems without signing them,...

I would venture to guess that Anon, who wrote so many poems without signing them,...

It is far harder to kill a phantom than a reality.

It is far harder to kill a phantom than a reality.

Money dignifies what is frivolous if unpaid for.

Money dignifies what is frivolous if unpaid for.

Who shall measure the hat and violence of the poet's heart when caught and tangled...

Who shall measure the hat and violence of the poet's heart when caught and tangled...

Really I don't like human nature unless all candied over with art.

Really I don't like human nature unless all candied over with art.

I can only note that the past is beautiful because one never realises an emotion...

I can only note that the past is beautiful because one never realises an emotion...

I have lost friends, some by death, others through sheer inability to cross the street.

I have lost friends, some by death, others through sheer inability to cross the street.

Literature is strewn with the wreckage of those who have minded beyond reason the opinion...

Literature is strewn with the wreckage of those who have minded beyond reason the opinion...

In solitude we give passionate attention to our lives, to our memories, to the details...

In solitude we give passionate attention to our lives, to our memories, to the details...

The telephone, which interrupts the most serious conversations and cuts short the most weighty observations,...

The telephone, which interrupts the most serious conversations and cuts short the most weighty observations,...

The history of men's opposition to women's emancipation is more interesting perhaps than the story...

The history of men's opposition to women's emancipation is more interesting perhaps than the story...

It is far more difficult to murder a phantom than a reality.

It is far more difficult to murder a phantom than a reality.

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

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

Language is wine upon the lips

Language is wine upon the lips

The eyes have one language everywhere

The eyes have one language everywhere

Language is not an abstract construction of the learned, or of dictionary makers, but is...

Language is not an abstract construction of the learned, or of dictionary makers, but is...