It is far harder to kill a phantom than a reality

Quote by Virginia Woolf

Topics: Realism Quotes

The eyes of others our prisons; their thoughts our cages.

The eyes of others our prisons; their thoughts our cages.

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 beauty of the world has two edges, one of laughter, one of anguish, cutting...

The beauty of the world has two edges, one of laughter, one of anguish, cutting...

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

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

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...

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...

If you do not tell the truth about yourself you cannot tell it about other...

If you do not tell the truth about yourself you cannot tell it about other...

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,...

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...

One likes people much better when they're battered down by a prodigious siege of misfortune...

One likes people much better when they're battered down by a prodigious siege of misfortune...

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...

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....

To enjoy freedom we have to control ourselves.

To enjoy freedom we have to control ourselves.

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...

Arrange whatever pieces come your way.

Arrange whatever pieces come your way.

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 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....

Almost any biographer, if he respects facts, can give us much more than another fact...

Almost any biographer, if he respects facts, can give us much more than another fact...

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,...

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

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