It is curious how instinctively one protects the image of oneself from idolatry or any other handling that could make it ridiculous, or too unlike the original to be believed any longer.

Quote by Virginia Woolf

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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...

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...

One has to secrete a jelly in which to slip quotations down people's throats -...

One has to secrete a jelly in which to slip quotations down people's throats -...

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....

Language is wine upon the lips.

Language is wine upon the lips.

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...

To depend upon a profession is a less odious form of slavery than to depend...

To depend upon a profession is a less odious form of slavery than to depend...

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...

Arrange whatever pieces come your way.

Arrange whatever pieces come your way.

Boredom is the legitimate kingdom of the philanthropic.

Boredom is the legitimate kingdom of the philanthropic.

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...

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...

Most of a modest woman's life was spent, after all, in denying what, in one...

Most of a modest woman's life was spent, after all, in denying what, in one...

Yet, it is true, poetry is delicious; the best prose is that which is most...

Yet, it is true, poetry is delicious; the best prose is that which is most...

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...

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.

It's not catastrophes, murders, deaths, diseases, that age and kill us; it's the way people...

It's not catastrophes, murders, deaths, diseases, that age and kill us; it's the way people...

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

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

We are always by each other, never leaving. We are best friends, never deceiving.

We are always by each other, never leaving. We are best friends, never deceiving.

A friend is never a coincidence in your life, They are meant to enter your...

A friend is never a coincidence in your life, They are meant to enter your...