I can only note that the past is beautiful because one never realises an emotion at the time. It expands later, and thus we don't have complete emotions about the present, only about the past.

Quote by Virginia Woolf

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Money dignifies what is frivolous if unpaid for.

Money dignifies what is frivolous if unpaid for.

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...

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...

Sleep, that deplorable curtailment of the joy of life.

Sleep, that deplorable curtailment of the joy of life.

Women have served all these centuries as looking glasses possessing the power of reflecting the...

Women have served all these centuries as looking glasses possessing the power of reflecting the...

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,...

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,...

This is an important book, the critic assumes, because it deals with war. This is...

This is an important book, the critic assumes, because it deals with war. This is...

Great bodies of people are never responsible for what they do.

Great bodies of people are never responsible for what they do.

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...

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.

I read the book of Job last night, I don't think God comes out well...

I read the book of Job last night, I don't think God comes out well...

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

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

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....

The beauty of the world, which is so soon to perish, has two edges, one...

The beauty of the world, which is so soon to perish, has two edges, one...

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...

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...

Nothing has really happened until it has been recorded.

Nothing has really happened until it has been recorded.

Language is wine upon the lips.

Language is wine upon the lips.

If you insist upon fighting to protect me, or 'our' country, let it be understood...

If you insist upon fighting to protect me, or 'our' country, let it be understood...