Growing up is losing some illusions, in order to acquire others.

Quote by Virginia Woolf

Topics: Growing Up Quotes, Illusions Quotes, Life Quotes

Once conform, once do what other people do because they do it, and a lethargy...

Once conform, once do what other people do because they do it, and a lethargy...

The truth is, I often like women. I like their unconventionality. I like their completeness....

The truth is, I often like women. I like their unconventionality. I like their completeness....

Life is not a series of gig lamps symmetrically arranged; life is a luminous halo,...

Life is not a series of gig lamps symmetrically arranged; life is a luminous halo,...

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...

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.

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.

Nothing has really happened until it has been recorded.

Nothing has really happened until it has been recorded.

The older one grows, the more one likes indecency.

The older one grows, the more one likes indecency.

It is the nature of the artist to mind excessively what is said about him....

It is the nature of the artist to mind excessively what is said about him....

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

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

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...

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

It is in our idleness, in our dreams, that the submerged truth sometimes comes to...

It is in our idleness, in our dreams, that the submerged truth sometimes comes to...

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,...

Nothing induces me to read a novel except when I have to make money by...

Nothing induces me to read a novel except when I have to make money by...

Boredom is the legitimate kingdom of the philanthropic.

Boredom is the legitimate kingdom of the philanthropic.

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...

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

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

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...