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

Quote by Virginia Woolf

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

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

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...

Language is wine upon the lips

Language is wine upon the lips

Money dignifies what is frivolous if unpaid for.

Money dignifies what is frivolous if unpaid for.

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...

These are the soul's changes. I don't believe in ageing. I believe in forever altering...

These are the soul's changes. I don't believe in ageing. I believe in forever altering...

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

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

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...

A masterpiece is something said once and for all, stated, finished, so that it's there...

A masterpiece is something said once and for all, stated, finished, so that it's there...

Arrange whatever pieces come your way.

Arrange whatever pieces come your way.

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.

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....

A woman must have money and a room of her own.

A woman must have money and a room of her own.

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...

Nothing has really happened until it has been recorded.

Nothing has really happened until it has been recorded.

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...

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

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

Boredom is the legitimate kingdom of the philanthropic.

Boredom is the legitimate kingdom of the philanthropic.

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 older one grows, the more one likes indecency.

The older one grows, the more one likes indecency.