It is far harder to kill a phantom than a reality

Quote by Virginia Woolf

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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...

Language is wine upon the lips.

Language is wine upon the lips.

Literature is strewn with the wreckage of men who have minded beyond reason the opinions...

Literature is strewn with the wreckage of men who have minded beyond reason the opinions...

This is not writing at all. Indeed, I could say that Shakespeare surpasses literature altogether,...

This is not writing at all. Indeed, I could say that Shakespeare surpasses literature altogether,...

Where the Mind is biggest, the Heart, the Senses, Magnanimity, Charity, Tolerance, Kindliness, and the...

Where the Mind is biggest, the Heart, the Senses, Magnanimity, Charity, Tolerance, Kindliness, and the...

Every secret of a writer's soul, every experience of his life, every quality of his...

Every secret of a writer's soul, every experience of his life, every quality of his...

Someone has to die in order that the rest of us should value life more.

Someone has to die in order that the rest of us should value life more.

On the outskirts of every agony sits some observant fellow who points.

On the outskirts of every agony sits some observant fellow who points.

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

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

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

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.

Money dignifies what is frivolous if unpaid for.

Money dignifies what is frivolous if unpaid for.

Why are women so much more interesting to men than men are to women?

Why are women so much more interesting to men than men are to women?

We are nauseated by the sight of trivial personalities decomposing in the eternity of print.

We are nauseated by the sight of trivial personalities decomposing in the eternity of print.

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...

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...

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...

Arrange whatever pieces come your way.

Arrange whatever pieces come your way.

My own brain is to me the most unaccountable of machinery - always buzzing, humming,...

My own brain is to me the most unaccountable of machinery - always buzzing, humming,...

When the shriveled skin of the ordinary is stuffed out with meaning, it satisfies the...

When the shriveled skin of the ordinary is stuffed out with meaning, it satisfies the...